Motley Speaker Series | "Civil Rights Queen" - A Conversation With Tomiko Brown-Nagin (EMS220608)

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)

Webinar

United States

This segment of the Constance Baker Motley Series on Racial Inequality is presented by the Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) and its Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and Young Lawyers Section, in collaboration and co-sponsorship with the Connecticut Bar Foundation (CBF) and James W. Cooper Fellows.

About the Program

This year’s series will culminate on June 8 with a speaker event featuring Professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin. She will discuss her book Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality. 2021 marked the 100th birthday of Judge Constance Baker Motley and 2022 marks the release of Professor Brown-Nagin's major biography on Judge Motley. Tomiko Brown-Nagin is an award-winning legal historian, and an expert in constitutional law and education law and policy. She is also Dean for the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, as well as Professor of History at Harvard University. In this discussion, she will share her research and experience in capturing Judge Motley's story as well as her insight as to Judge Motley's legacy in the present day.

The first 100 attendees, who stay for the entire session, will receive a free copy of Professor Brown-Nagin's book: Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality.

You Will Learn

How Judge Motley accessed power and influence amidst racial inequity and marginalization
Judge Motley's legacy and path shaped judicial and social change, and continues to do so
The process of researching and resulting stories of Judge Motley’s experience as an attorney and a judge, as well as her life outside of the Court