Constance Baker Motley Quotes

New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 because of its large Creole population, the influence of the French, and its cosmopolitan atmosphere.
Constance Baker Motley

Deep, May, Influence

The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor.
Constance Baker Motley

Black, Two, Poor

The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society.
Constance Baker Motley

Society, Made, Fact

The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished.
Constance Baker Motley

Racism, Fact, Despite

The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina.
Constance Baker Motley

Black, College, Last

The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant.
Constance Baker Motley

Freedom, Legal, Between

The middle class, in the white population, encompasses a wide swath.
Constance Baker Motley

Class, White, Middle

The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug, I had no women supporters.
Constance Baker Motley

Women, Rights, Except

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.
Constance Baker Motley

Women, Revolution, Far

There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.
Constance Baker Motley

Society, Single, Common

Today's white majority is largely silent about the race question.
Constance Baker Motley

Today, Question, Silent

Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.
Constance Baker Motley

Group, Apart, Blacks

We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism.
Constance Baker Motley

Racism, Century, African

We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration - in 1954.
Constance Baker Motley

History, Era, Phase

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea.
Constance Baker Motley

Good, Thought, Wanted

When Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer, race relations in the United States were particularly bad.
Constance Baker Motley

Bad, United, Race

Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think.
Constance Baker Motley

Rather, Matters, Race

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Nationality: American

Born: September 14, 1921

Died: September 28, 2005

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