Constance Baker Motley, an amazing Civil Rights attorney and Federal judge passed away yesterday. Judge Baker Motley was the first African American woman apointed to the Federal bench. She also was instrumental in the Brown v Board of Education case and Martin Luther King Jr.'s attorney for a bit. She won nine of the ten cases she argued before the Supreme Court.
I heard a quote from her, on none other then NPR this morning, that said she thougth it would have taken us longer to move away from the Civil Rights era, but today no one even mentions the word Civil Rights and that made her sad. All I could think was that I couldn't agree more, how have we not only stalled in our fight but slipped so far backward?
Anyway she was a great woman, a great lawyer, and an amazing Civil Rights advocate, and I am willing to bet a much better judge then our newest Supreme Court Cheif Justice.
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