The Lawyer Who Stood Alone
In 1963, a young civil rights attorney named Constance Baker Motley walked into a Mississippi courtroom to argue for the admission of James Meredith to...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Romans 8:31.
In 1963, a young civil rights attorney named Constance Baker Motley walked into a Mississippi courtroom to argue for the admission of James Meredith to Ole Miss. The gallery was hostile. The judge was skeptical. Local officials had marshaled every legal obstacle they could find. She was outnumbered, outspent, and unwelcome. But Motley had the Constitution of the United States behind her argument.…
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