Best Constance Baker Motley Quotes
- Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think. Inspirational
- We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration - in 1954. American
- Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart. Apart
- Today's white majority is largely silent about the race question. Largely
- The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug, I had no women supporters. Abzug
- The middle class, in the white population, encompasses a wide swath. Class
- The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant. Difference
- The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor. Black
- My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves. Been
- 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
- In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the… Believed
- Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world. Broadened
- 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,… Atmosphere
- I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework. Day
- Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade. Another Decade
- We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable. Acceptable
- The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society. All
- I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life. Bar
- New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 becaThe legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was… Atmosphere