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Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Both Century Class Goes Like Next Racism See Sexism Us Warfare I See

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We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Acceptable Blacks Exemplary Knew Know Now Only Then

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

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: African African Americans American Battling Century Major Major Part Now Part Racism Spent 20Th Century

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In high school, I won a prize for an essay on tuberculosis. When I got through writing the essay, I was sure I had the disease.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Disease Essay Got Had High High School Prize School Sure Through Tuberculosis Won Writing

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Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Down Encouragement Kind Lack Me Never Person Put Who Would

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I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Bar Life Notion Race Rejected Sex Success Would

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I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Day Every Every Day Go Grew Had Homework House Me Nobody School Tell Up Where

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Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Alumni Away Black Blacks Colleges Doing Meets Other Resistance Separate

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

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Involved Matters Race Rather Think Whites Would I Think

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

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Bad Became Lawyer Marshall Particularly Race Relations States United United States Were

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: September 14th, 1921

Died: September 28th, 2005

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