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Constance Baker Motley
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · 1966
Constance Baker Motley , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Constance Baker Motley (née Baker; September 14, 1921 – September 28, 2005) was an American jurist and politician who served as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. A key strategist of the civil rights movement, she was state senator, and Borough President of Manhattan in New York City before becoming a United States federal judge.
Education
- New York UniversityB.A., 1943
- Columbia Law SchoolLL.B., 1946
Career
Attorney, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 1945-1965; Member, New York State Advisory Council on Employment and Unemployment Insurance, 1958-1964; State senator, New York, 1964-1965; Borough president, Manhattan, New York, 1965-1966; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1982-1983
Biography
Constance Baker Motley (née Baker; September 14, 1921 – September 28, 2005) was an American jurist and politician who served as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. A key strategist of the civil rights movement, she was state senator, and Borough President of Manhattan in New York City before becoming a United States federal judge.
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