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Civil rights queen : Constance Baker Motley and the struggle for equality Cover Image Book

Civil rights queen : Constance Baker Motley and the struggle for equality / Tomiko Brown-Nagin.

Brown-Nagin, Tomiko, 1970- (author.).

Summary:

This biography of the first black woman to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court examines how she played a critical role in vanquishing Jim Crow laws throughout the South.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1524747181
  • ISBN: 9781524747183
  • Physical Description: x, 497 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-468) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Beginnings -- becoming the civil rights queen -- the heights and depths of life as a symbol and agent of change -- a season in politics -- the bench.

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Subject: Motley, Constance Baker, 1921-2005.
Judges > New York (State) > Biography.
African American judges > New York (State) > Biography.
Women judges > New York (State) > Biography.
Lawyers > New York (State) > Biography.
Civil rights workers > New York (State) > Biography.
Civil rights > United States.
Equality before the law > United States.
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 33 of 33 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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