Constance Baker Motley Enters into Politics (Full Bio)

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jan 15, 2024

[REBROADCAST FROM March 30, 2022] We share the third part of our Constance Baker Motley Full Bio. Today, we learn more about Constance Baker Motley's legal career, as well as her entrance into politics, which would lead her to become a New York State Senator and Manhattan Borough President. Historian Tomiko Brown-Nagin, author of, Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality, joins us.

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