[Constance Baker Motley, Manhattan Borough President, chats with President Johnson after he named her to be a federal district judge]
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1966 Jan. 29.
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![[Mrs. Constance B. Motley being sworn in by Mayor Wagner]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/a66d853a9350905e05e6ebe2d0d2d21d0219fd44.png "[Mrs. Constance B. Motley being sworn in by Mayor Wagner]")
![[Mrs. Constance B. Motley, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/2c7a59a73f72d5cd3bd86d537646efb8de310aab.png "[Mrs. Constance B. Motley, half-length portrait, facing right]")
![[Mrs. Constance B. Motley first woman Senator, 21st Senatorial District, N.Y., raising hand in V sign]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/7a50f691567742175a6c7ef05a7bb748b65e5eb1.png "[Mrs. Constance B. Motley first woman Senator, 21st Senatorial District, N.Y., raising hand in V sign]")
![[Mrs. Constance B. Motley being sworn in at City Hall]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/70aa78a32e5e4f67442920b0b8112770a979e51e.png "[Mrs. Constance B. Motley being sworn in at City Hall]")
![[Mrs. Constance B. Motley, half-length portrait, facing front]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/be1852f7680a5a7ac2e2e1488a446262826af687.png "[Mrs. Constance B. Motley, half-length portrait, facing front]")
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![[Arthur Simmons, White House staff member, seated in office lobby of the White House]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/52d9c83f57bf61466aaa2fae63416dad7cd9bdc6.png "[Arthur Simmons, White House staff member, seated in office lobby of the White House]")
![[Mrs. Constance B. Motley standing in between husband Joel, Jr. and son Joel Motley III]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/d0bd8aa9e5a0eda127f44c7779b9bca4066bd05b.png "[Mrs. Constance B. Motley standing in between husband Joel, Jr. and son Joel Motley III]")
![[Ralph Ellison, Henry McPherson, Jr., and Ramsey Clark meeting with President Lyndon B. Johnson in the White House Oval Office]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/b3308043e6369b0ae5d276fb7c61f443a3dfa30e.png "[Ralph Ellison, Henry McPherson, Jr., and Ramsey Clark meeting with President Lyndon B. Johnson in the White House Oval Office]")
![[Roy Wilkins and President Lyndon B. Johnson in the White House reviewing some of the strategies employed to secure passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/17946dc79e301340cf0e16cc2d121e09f5e058e9.png "[Roy Wilkins and President Lyndon B. Johnson in the White House reviewing some of the strategies employed to secure passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965]")
