How many siblings did Constance Baker Motley have?

Constance Baker Motley was an American jurist and politician.

A key strategist of the civil rights movement, Constance Motley was state senator, and Borough President of Manhattan in New York City before becoming a United States federal judge.

Constance Motley was the first Black woman to argue at the Supreme Court and argued 10 landmark civil rights cases, winning nine.

Constance Motley was a law clerk to Thurgood Marshall, aiding him in the case Brown v. Board of Education.

Constance Motley was also the first African-American woman appointed to the federal judiciary, serving as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

At 15, Constance Motley read works by James Weldon Johnson and W.E.B. DuBois, which inspired her interest in Black history.

How many siblings did Constance Baker Motley have?

Constance Motley has 11 siblings.

Constance Motley is the ninth of twelve children.

Constance Motley was born on September 14, 1921, in New Haven, Connecticut.