Constance Baker Motley

The middle class, in the white population, encompasses a wide swath. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

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The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug, I had no women supporters. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

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There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

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There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

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Today's white majority is largely silent about the race question. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

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Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

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

— Constance Baker Motley

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We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration - in 1954. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

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

— Constance Baker Motley

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When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

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