Constance Baker Motley Race Quotations

I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life.

In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions.

Today's white majority is largely silent about the race question.

Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think.

When Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer, race relations in the United States were particularly bad.