New Haven
Honors New Haven’s Judge Constance Baker Motley
SEPTEMBER 25, 2010 at 10 a.m.
JAMES HILLHOUSE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
SHERMAN PARKWAY NEW HAVEN
The State of Connecticut Freedom Trail will induct New Haven’s own Judge Constance Baker Motley for her historic contributions to the legal struggle for civil rights and equality of African-Americans. A graduate of New Haven public schools, Judge Motley worked with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to author many of the briefs in the famous Civil Rights cases that opened schools and universities to African Americans.
Constance Baker Motley was the first African American woman to be appointed to the Federal Court system.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Jacqueline A. Berrien Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The Amistad Committee, as coordinator of the Freedom Trail, will host a program and reception
http://www.ctfreedomtrail.ct.gov/site/tour_index.html
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