The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor. – Constance Baker Motley
The women’s rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug, I had no women supporters. – Constance Baker Motley
Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down. – Constance Baker Motley
The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society. – Constance Baker Motley
The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina. – Constance Baker Motley
Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both. – Constance Baker Motley
We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism. – Constance Baker Motley
King thought he understood the white Southerner, having been born and reared in Georgia and trained a theologian. – Constance Baker Motley
When Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer, race relations in the United States were particularly bad. – Constance Baker Motley
I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has. – Constance Baker Motley
We Americans entered a new phase in our history – the era of integration – in 1954. – Constance Baker Motley
The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant. – Constance Baker Motley
There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society. – Constance Baker Motley
When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea. – Constance Baker Motley
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
Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in college were considered acceptable candidates for the vacant seats. – Constance Baker Motley
There appears to be no limit as to how far the women’s revolution will take us. – Constance Baker Motley
