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Honoring a Trailblazer

In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson named Constance Baker Motley the first black woman to be a federal judge. Motley, 84, died last week. During her 40-year career as a lawyer and a judge, Motley fought racism and segregation in public schools. In 1957, she argued the Little Rock Nine case, which ultimately resulted in nine black students attending classes at an all-white school in Arkansas. "Judge Motley had the strength of a self-made star," said Federal Judge Kimba Wood. "She never let herself be diverted from her goal of achieving civil rights."

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