
The 'double-edged sword' of being a Black first
Code Switch
00:00
The Trials of Constance Baker Motley
She went south to desegregate these institutions. She did this like, almost two dozen times, just to the south,. While she was a wife and a mother with another life in new york. Because this was dangerous work. And importantly, and this is a theme that i bring out in the book, to be a woman was not to be a leader. Right? So so leadership is coated male. A and. It is quite ironic. But it goes into detail about how motley struggled against inequities within her own organization as an advocate for racial equality.
Transcript
Play full episode