Film Screening: The Trials of Constance Baker Motley with Producer Joel Motley

Nov. 10, 2022
12:10PM - 1:00PM
SLB Room 122 and online
Open to the Public

The Lillian Goldman Law Library, in partnership with the Black Law Students’ Association (BLSA) and Yale Law Women+, presents a screening of The Trials of Constance Baker Motley with commentary by producer Joel Motley.

**Online Registration is Required**

Boxed lunch will be available during the event for those who RSVP.

About the Film:

The Trials of Constance Baker Motley spans her legal career from 1946 to 1966 working closely with Thurgood Marshall at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, arguing 10 civil rights cases at the Supreme Court, to becoming the first black woman voted NY State Senator, Manhattan Borough President and appointed to the federal bench by President Lyndon Johnson.

 

Sponsoring Organization(s)

The Lillian Goldman Law Library, Black Law Students’ Association (BLSA) and Yale Law Women+