Equal Justice Under Law: An Autobiography Contributor(s): Motley, Constance Baker (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374526184 ISBN-13: 9780374526184 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1999 Annotation: The most detailed account to date of the legal conflicts of the civil rights movement, this book tells of Motley's struggle, as a black women, to succeed. 40 photos. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Lawyers & Judges - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.54" W x 7.98" (0.90 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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Publisher Description: This wise and affecting memoir is the inside story of the great efforts leading up to the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 and the fight to implement it--and its implications for affirmative action and black poverty today. A black woman who moved in the corridors of power in the middle of this century, Constance Baker Motley has been a pioneer in both black civil rights and women's rights. As the key attorney assisting Thurgood Marshall at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, she argued a dozen cases before the Supreme Court (winning all but one), and her representation of James Meredith in his bid to enroll in the University of Mississippi made her famous. Subsequently, as Manhattan borough president and a U.S. district court judge, she has fulfilled the highest aspirations of our legal and political system. Equal Justice Under Law, the most detailed account to date of the legal conflicts of the civil rights movement, is also an account of Motley's struggle, as a black woman, to succeed, a record of a life lived with great courage and responsibility. |
Contributor Bio(s): Motley, Constance Baker: - Constance Baker Motley is a senior judge and a former chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She lives in Manhattan and Chester, Connecticut. |