{"product_id":"equal-justice-under-law-constance-baker-motley-9780374526184","title":"Equal Justice Under Law: An Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis wise and affecting memoir is the inside story of the great efforts leading up to the Supreme Court's decision in \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/i\u003e in 1954 and the fight to implement it--and its implications for affirmative action and black poverty today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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 key attorney assisting Thurgood Marshall at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, she argued a dozen cases before the Supreme Court (winning all but one), and her representation of James Meredith in his bid to enroll in the University of Mississippi made her famous. Subsequently, as Manhattan borough president and a U.S. district court judge, she has fulfilled the highest aspirations of our legal and political system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEqual Justice Under Law\u003c\/i\u003e, the most detailed account to date of the legal conflicts of the civil rights movement, is also an account of Motley's struggle, as a black woman, to succeed, a record of a life lived with great courage and responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Constance Baker Motley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374526184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374526184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.54w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/26\/1999 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2004 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2005 pg. 45","brand":"Constance Baker Motley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045015089407,"sku":"9780374526184","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_de675506-351e-4324-9d8d-1a9f879a4a44.jpg?v=1684976227","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/equal-justice-under-law-constance-baker-motley-9780374526184","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}