From the moment President Biden announced he would keep his campaign promise to appoint a Black woman to the highest court in the nation if given the chance, questions of whether a Black woman could ...

Constance Baker Motley, who was born in 1921 in New Haven, Connecticut, to Caribbean immigrants, pulverized barriers to women and minorities in law and government when those institutions were all ...

Constance Baker Motley, the first black woman appointed to the federal bench, died Wednesday at the age of 84. Known as a civil rights lawyer who broke barriers throughout her life, Motley was also ...

A look back at the life of Constance Baker Motley, a prominent civil rights attorney and the first African-American woman appointed to the federal judiciary. She died of congestive heart failure on ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In a career dedicated to the pursuit ...

NEW HAVEN — The late civil rights icon Constance Baker Motley would have felt right at home this week in the Dixwell Community "Q" House where she was honored as the latest honoree in the U.S. Postal ...

U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks and Appellate Division Justice Valerie Brathwaite Nelson helped unveil a postage stamp of trailblazing Black judge and politician Constance Baker Motley in Jamaica, Queens, on ...

NAACP New Haven President Dori Dumas and Motley’s niece Constance Royster unveil the stamp at Q House event. Credit: Yash Roy Photos Judge Constance Baker Motley was the only woman to work at the ...

Judge Constance Baker Motley, who was born in New Haven, was praised Thursday night as Vice President Kamala Harris accepted her presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention. Harris ...

Federal Judge Constance Baker Motley, who as a young lawyer represented Martin Luther King Jr. and played a pivotal role in the nation’s civil rights struggle, has died. She was 84. Motley died of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...