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The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Despite Diminished Fact Racism

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The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: All Americans American Considered Constitution Drawn Equal Fact Made Members Originally Reference Society

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The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Black Class Consists Distinct Middle Middle Class Now Poor Population Two

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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

Topics: Atmosphere Because Been City Cosmopolitan Deep French Influence Large Liberal May Most New New Orleans Orleans Population South Well

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My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Been Had Never Our Parents Slaves Us

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My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: American Blacks Distance Father His Kept Working-Class

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Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Dramatically Harlem Living View World

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King thought he understood the white Southerner, having been born and reared in Georgia and trained a theologian.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Been Born Georgia Having He King Southerner Theologian Thought Trained Understood White

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King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Away Civil Claims Disobedience Instead King Legal Steered

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In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a woman.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Because Bench Did Federal Get View Woman

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: September 14th, 1921

Died: September 28th, 2005

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