Constance Baker Motley quotes
American Activist September 14, 1921 – September 28, 2005
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![Constance Baker Motley quote: "I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success..."](/pic/227416/600x316/quotation-constance-baker-motley-i-rejected-the-notion-that-my-race-or.jpg)
I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life.
Constance Baker Motley
![Constance Baker Motley quote: "Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of..."](/pic/227424/600x316/quotation-constance-baker-motley-lack-of-encouragement-never-deterred-me.jpg)
Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.
Constance Baker Motley
![Constance Baker Motley quote: "I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal..."](/pic/227415/600x316/quotation-constance-baker-motley-i-never-thought-i-would-live-long-enough.jpg)
![Constance Baker Motley quote: "When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one..."](/pic/227444/600x316/quotation-constance-baker-motley-when-i-was-15-i-decided-i-wanted-to-be.jpg)
When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea.
Constance Baker Motley
![Constance Baker Motley quote: "The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged;..."](/pic/227436/600x316/quotation-constance-baker-motley-the-womens-rights-movement-of-the-1970s.jpg)
![Constance Baker Motley quote: "My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks."](/pic/227426/600x316/quotation-constance-baker-motley-my-father-kept-his-distance-from.jpg)
My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks.
Constance Baker Motley
![Constance Baker Motley quote: "There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks..."](/pic/227438/600x316/quotation-constance-baker-motley-there-is-no-longer-a-single-common.jpg)
There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.
Constance Baker Motley
![Constance Baker Motley quote: "There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's..."](/pic/227437/600x316/quotation-constance-baker-motley-there-appears-to-be-no-limit-as-to-how.jpg)
There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.
Constance Baker Motley
![Constance Baker Motley quote: "My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been..."](/pic/227427/600x316/quotation-constance-baker-motley-my-parents-never-told-us-that-our.jpg)
My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves.
Constance Baker Motley
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