What did Constance Baker Motley do? When did Constance Baker Motley become a judge?

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.

What did Constance Baker Motley do?

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

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 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.

When did Constance Baker Motley become a judge?

Constance Motley became a chief judge on June 1, 1982 and was the first woman and the first African American woman to serve as such for the Southern District of New York, the largest federal trial bench in the country.