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Constance Baker Motley

"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."

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"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."

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"We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable."
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"I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life."
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"The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug, I had no women supporters."
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