Equal Justice Under Law: An Autobiography

by Constance Baker Motley

Book Overview

This wise and affecting memoir is the inside story of the great efforts leading up to the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 and the fight to implement it--and its implications for affirmative action and black poverty today.

A black woman who moved in the corridors of power in the middle of this century, Constance Baker Motley has been a pioneer in both black civil rights and women's rights. As the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374526184
• ISBN13: 9780374526184
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Inspirational personal history by American Legal Icon

The book was best when the Judge provides her perspective on events and personalities known to most of us only through news accounts. I enjoyed the book which was a quick read and left me hoping Judge Motely would write another book with greater detail of some of the very interesting episodes in her career. The author's career is remarkable and tracks the major events of the civil rights movement through the eyes of a women who appears to be uneasy with the role model label. I had been looking for a book on Judge Motely after reading several books concerning the civil rights movement. It is remarkable that Judge Motely has not been the subject of biographers. Her story is unique. The book would be useful for lawyers, legal buffs and those searching for true role models. It avoids legalease and is written in a manner which made it a very easy read.