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The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Right Footwear: Court Shoes,Sports Shoes,Sneaker Boots,and More!
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Constance Baker Motely  -shoulder bag

Constance Baker Motely -shoulder bag

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This attractive hair on hide leather is another process in the beautification of a leather skin (hide). Measuring 12" X 11" this shoulder /crossbody bag has a natural white background. With a creative copper colored pattern. The bag has a top zipper supported by a leather tassel. A zipped top ,fully lined with two interior pockets. an be carried anywhere and any season. Because it's all real leather. 

Constance Baker Motley ( Baker; September 14, 1921 – September 28, 2005) was an American jurist and politician who served as a Judge of the .   At 15, she read works by and , which inspired her interest in Black history. She met a minister who taught classes in Black history that focused her attention on civil rights and the underrepresentation of black lawyers.

 Motley lacked the means to attend college, and instead went to work for the . She also continued her involvement in community activities. Through this work she encountered local businessman and philanthropist Clarence W. Blakeslee, who, after hearing Motley speak at a New Haven community center, offered to pay for her education. With his financial help, she started college at , in , but after one year, she transferred to , where she graduated with a degree in in 1943. She received her in 1946 from .

In October 1945, during her second year at Columbia Law School, future Associate Justice hired her as a . She was assigned to work on cases that were filed after .

Motley is widely acknowledged as a major figure in the Civil Rights Movement, especially its legal battles. After graduating from Columbia's Law School in 1946, she was hired by the  (LDF) as a civil rights lawyer. As the fund's first female attorney, she became Associate Counsel to the LDF, making her a lead trial attorney in a number of early and significant civil rights cases including representing s  , and the Birmingham Children Marchers. She visited Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. while he sat in jail, as well as spent a night with civil rights activist under armed guard.

In 1950, she wrote the original complaint in the case of . The first African-American woman ever to argue a case before the , in she won 's effort to be the first black student to attend the in 1962. Motley was successful in nine of the ten cases she argued before the Supreme Court. The tenth decision, regarding jury composition, was eventually overturned in her favor. She was otherwise a key legal strategist in the civil rights movement, helping to desegregate schools, buses, and lunch counters.

A key strategist of the , she was , and of in New York City before becoming a .      

In 1993, she was inducted into the . In 2001, President awarded her the . The NAACP awarded her the , the organization's highest honor, in 2003.In 2006, Motley  received the from Congress for all of her accomplishments during her lifetime. In 2011, she was honored with the 13th Ford Freedom Award for her accomplishments that helped disadvantaged communities. In 2016, the Land Trust purchased land across from her former second home. The parcel was eventually dedicated as the "Judge Constance Baker Motley Preserve". On October 6, 2019, her property located in , was designated a site on the Connecticut Freedom Trail. The site is just one of 140 that honor African-Americans throughout the state.

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