Constance Baker Motley

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

— Constance Baker Motley

#dramatically #harlem #living #view #world

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

— Constance Baker Motley

#blacks #distance #father #his #kept

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

— Constance Baker Motley

#had #never #our #parents #slaves

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

#because #been #city #cosmopolitan #creole

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

— Constance Baker Motley

#century #class #class warfare #goes #i

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

— Constance Baker Motley

#class #consists #distinct #middle #middle class

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

— Constance Baker Motley

#considered #constitution #drawn #equal #fact

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

— Constance Baker Motley

#diminished #fact #racism

The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#black #carolina #college #college level #last

The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#difference #freedom #legal #riders #significant