| Title: |
Reminiscences of Constance Baker Motley
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A91
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
West Indian family background; childhood in New Haven; activities with New Haven Community Council, 1936; work with National Youth Administration, 1939; education at Fisk, New York University; Columbia Law School, 1944-46; discrimination and affirmative action in education; impact of Plessey, Brown, and Bakke cases; NAACP Legal Defense Fund work, 1945-65; restrictive covenant cases, 1948; James Meredith, 1961; judicial resistance to desegregation rulings; 1965 Selma to Montgomery march; march on Washington; right-to-counsel, freedom rider movement, sit-in cases; Civil Rights Act of 1964; Swain case on jury selection; urban renewal and fair housing programs in the courts; issues addressed as New York State Senator, 1964-65; Manhattan borough presidency, 1965-66, and work with New York, N.Y. redevelopment programs, Morningside Urban Renewal conflict, community dispute mediations; United States District Court Judge, New York, 1966- ; the United States court system and effects of Speedy Trial act; present direction of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; impressions of Martin Luther King, Jr.., Robert F. Wagner, Jr.. and others.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 801 leaves, Tape: 8 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1978 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Motley, Constance Baker, 1921-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1921
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| Speaker occupation: |
Judge
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| Age at speaking: |
57
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| Document date: |
1978
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| Interviewer: |
Gellhorn, Kitty
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| Organizations discussed: |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African American judges; African American women; African American women--Education; African Americans--Civil rights; African Americans--Segregation; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD; North America; Oral history; Practice of law; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Judicial process; Motley, Constance Baker, 1921-; NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; New York (NY)--Politics and government--1951-; New York (State)--Politics and government--1951-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020487-15929
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