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Strict Scrutiny
The hosts highlighted the book as a thorough exploration of Constance Baker Motley's career and the challenges she faced in federal courts across the South. Kate Shaw praised the author’s documentation of Motley's disrespect, while Melissa Murray welcomed the author to discuss her work. They presented it as an essential, highly regarded account of civil‑rights history.
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The book details the ways in which Constance Baker Motley was disrespected when she appeared in federal court in the South and throughout Mississippi.
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, who wrote that terrific book, Civil Rights Queen, documented all of the ways in which Constance Baker Motley was disrespected when she appeared in federal court in the South and throughout Mississippi.
Episode: Civil Rights Queen
The book provided a deep dive into the life of Constance Baker Motley, the pathbreaking lawyer, politician, and the first black woman appointed to the federal judiciary. The author detailed Motley's early life, her career as a civil rights litigator, her political roles, and her time on the federal bench, illustrating her fight for equality across race and gender lines.
Today we're going to do a deep dive on that book, which is called Civil Rights Queen, Constance Baker Motley, and the Struggle for Equality.
And with that in mind, we are so delighted that Dean Brown-Nagin is here because she does a great deal of work centering those questions in the book Civil Rights Queen.
I'm excited to talk to you about my book.
The book is called Civil Rights Queen, Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality.