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'''Constance Baker Motley''' (New Haven, Conn., 1921 – New York City, 2005) was an African American [[Civil Rights Movement|civil rights]] activist, [[lawyer]], [[judge]], state senator, and President of the borough of Manhattan, New York City. She became the first black woman to serve in the New York State Senate (1964) and the first black woman appointed to the federal bench in 1966. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9521990/] [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9521990/] ''Over fifty-plus years as a jurist, Constance Baker Motley has had a major impact on ending racial discrimination. '' [http://www.c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/remarkable_columbians/constance_motley.html]

'''Constance Baker Motley''' (New Haven, Conn., 1921 – New York City, 2005) was an African American [[Civil Rights Movement|civil rights]] activist, [[lawyer]], [[judge]], state senator, and President of the borough of Manhattan, New York City. She became the first black woman to serve in the New York State Senate (1964) and the first black woman appointed to the federal bench in 1966. <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9521990</ref><ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9521990</ref> ''Over fifty-plus years as a jurist, Constance Baker Motley has had a major impact on ending racial discrimination. '' <ref>http://www.c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/remarkable_columbians/constance_motley.html</ref>

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Constance Baker Motley, as a young lawyer represented [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], and played a pivotal role in the nation’s civil rights struggle. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9521990/]

Constance Baker Motley, as a young lawyer represented [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], and played a pivotal role in the nation’s civil rights struggle. <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9521990</ref>

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== African American woman in court  ==

== African American woman in court  ==

Other outstanding African American woman appointed to the federal district court were [[Anna Diggs Taylor]], appointed judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan by President Jimmy Carter, 1979 [http://www.answers.com/topic/anna-diggs-taylor], [[Ann Claire Williams]], first African American woman appointed to the district court in Illinois and in the Seventh Circuit, [http://www.jtbf.org/index.php?src=directory&view=biographies&srctype=detail&refno=28] and [[Norma H. Johnson]], first black woman to lead federal court in nation's capital. (named chief federal judge of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-19681024.html]

Other outstanding African American woman appointed to the federal district court were [[Anna Diggs Taylor]], appointed judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan by President Jimmy Carter, 1979 <ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/anna-diggs-taylor</ref>, [[Ann Claire Williams]], first African American woman appointed to the district court in Illinois and in the Seventh Circuit, <ref>http://www.jtbf.org/index.php?src=directory&view=biographies&srctype=detail&refno=28</ref> and [[Norma H. Johnson]], first black woman to lead federal court in nation's capital (named chief federal judge of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia<ref>http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-19681024.html</ref>).

== See also ==

== See also ==