ALL RISE FOR JUDGE CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY - FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEDERAL JUDGE

  ALL RISE FOR JUDGE CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY  BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2022  Judge Constance Baker Motley Although Black women protested along White women for the right to vote in the early 20th Century, they were not granted the right to vote until 45 years after their White sisters, as I wrote in my 2020 Black History Month Blog post (If you want to read this blog from 2 years ago, you can Click HERE to read it, after reading this 2022 blog).   President Woodrow Wilson Signs The 19th Amendment No Black Women Were in Attendance Despite that decades-long lag, if you look throughout history, Black women have often been deemed ‘the backbone of democracy’ because of our civic-mindedness and unwavering determination to ensure that all eligible people are able to exercise their legal right to vote.  Stacey Abrams at a Voter Registration Event So, one would think that Black women would be celebrated and rewarded for the role that we have continued to play in upholding our ...