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Author Brown-Nagin, Tomiko, 1970- author.

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

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Pantheon Books, [2022]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2173642~S1
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 Nichols Adult Biography  BIO MOTLEY    AVAILABLE
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Description x, 497 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Motley, Constance Baker, 1921-2005.
African American women judges -- New York (State) -- Biography.
African American women lawyers -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Women judges -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Women lawyers -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Judges -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Lawyers -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Equality before the law -- United States.
Genre Biographies.
ISBN 9781524747183 hc.
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