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There is no longer a single co...

There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

There appears to be no limit a...

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

The women's rights movement of...

The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug, I had no women supporters.

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

The middle class, in the white...

The middle class, in the white population, encompasses a wide swath.

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

The legal difference between t...

The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant.

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

The last state to admit a blac...

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

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

The Constitution, as originall...

The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society.

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

The black population now consi...

The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor.

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

Sexism, like racism, goes with...

Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

New Orleans may well have been...

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.

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

My parents never told us that ...

My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves.

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

My father kept his distance fr...

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

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

Living at the YMCA in Harlem d...

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

Lack of encouragement never de...

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

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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King consciously steered away ...

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

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

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

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

In high school, I won a prize ...

In high school, I won a prize for an essay on tuberculosis. When I got through writing the essay, I was sure I had the disease.

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

In high school, I discovered m...

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.

Constance Baker Motley 83 quotes

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....