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Something which we think is i...

Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.

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The fact is that racism, desp...

The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished

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We African Americans have now...

We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism

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In my view, I did not get to ...

In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a woman

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When I was 15, I decided I wa...

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea.

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My father kept his distance f...

My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks.

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New Orleans may well have bee...

New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 because of its large Creole population, the influence of the French, and its cosmopolitan atmosphere.

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Too many whites still see bla...

Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.

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I got the chance to argue my ...

I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a critical stage in a capital case before a trial.

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I grew up in a house where no...

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

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When Thurgood Marshall became ...

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

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King thought he understood the...

King thought he understood the white Southerner, having been born and reared in Georgia and trained a theologian.

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When I went to law school, nob...

When I went to law school, nobody heard of civil rights.

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The last state to admit a blac...

The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina

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We African Americans have now ...

We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

The fact is that racism, despi...

The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

How long must the American com...

How long must the American community afford special treatment to blacks?

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

I got the chance to argue my f...

I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a critical stage in a capital case before a trial.

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

I never thought I would live l...

I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has.

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Had it not been for James Mere...

Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....