African American Federal Judge

Celebrating The Lives of People of Color

She was on stage during MLK’s ‘I’ve a Dream Speech’ but little is said of the first black woman federal judge | Face2Face Africa

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019African American History, Black History

At a time when segregation against Blacks was highly prevalent, Constance Baker Motley, a civil rights lawyer and trailblazer, made history as the first Black woman to become a federal judge in the US. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In 1966, Motley was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to become the first black woman to hold the […]