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Civil Rights Queen

Strict Scrutiny

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How Willoughby and Rachel Set Theirself Apart From African Americans in New Haven

There is a deep fisher, even in New Haven between this community of West Indian emigres and native born blacks. Constance Baker Motley's trajectory propels her into higher education and then on to this life where she's sort of working at odds with what her parents taught her growing up. She has help from teachers who introduced her to the writings of W.B. Du Bois and James Weldon Johnson. A new Haven philanthropist who's a Yale graduate volunteers to pay for her college and law school tuition because he finds her so impressive.

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