The NDHS is proud to co-sponsor the FBA program “Grace, Courage, and the Unyielding Power of Integrity: The Story of Constance Baker Motley and James Meredith.”

Civil Rights leader James Meredith became the first African American student admitted to the University of Mississippi in 1962. However, this achievement would not have been possible without the efforts of Civil Rights lawyer Constance Baker Motley. Motley, a staff attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, became the first African American woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. She was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 as the first African American female federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and she later served as Chief Judge from 1982 to 1986.

This program will reenact the hearings that integrated Ol’ Miss in 1961 and explore the impact this integration had on history.

Elimination of Bias CLE is is available.

Registration for this event can be found at fbandca.ticketleap.com/motley/