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What is constance baker mitey's greates accomplishment?
Constance Baker Motley's greatest accomplishment was becoming the first African American woman to serve as a federal judge. She was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1966. Motley also played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement as a lawyer, winning numerous important cases that helped dismantle segregation and advance civil rights in the United States.
When was Constance Merritt born?
Constance Merritt was born in 1966.
When did Constance Villiers-Stuart die?
Constance Villiers-Stuart died in 1966.
When was the first African American woman appointed to the US Supreme Court?
President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Constance Baker Motley to the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, in Manhattan, in 1966. Her nomination was stalled in the Senate for nine months before being approved, due to resistance from racist Southern politicians.Judge Motley, a graduate of Columbia Law School, was active in the legal battle for civil rights. As a young lawyer, she clerked for future US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, when he was lead counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. Motley drafted an early complaint for the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education, (1954) in 1950. She went on to argue ten civil rights cases before the Supreme Court, winning nine.Judge Motley was still active on the US District Court bench when she died in 2005.
Who was the first woman appointed as a federal judge?
President Calvin Coolidge nominated Genevieve Rose Clineas the first woman to serve on a federal court when he named her to the US Customs Court in 1928. The Senate resisted Cline's nomination, but eventually commissioned her to the bench on June 5, 1928.Florence Ellinwood Allen became the first woman to serve on an Article III (constitutional) court when President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed her to the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The Senate approved Allen's nomination on March 6, 1934.Constance Baker Motley was the first African-American woman to serve as a judge in the federal court system. President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed her to to the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, in Manhattan, in 1966.
Who appointed Harper Lee to the National Council of the Arts?
Harper Lee was appointed to the National Council on the Arts by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966.
What year and position did Steve spurrier?
1966
When was the rank of sergeant major established?
16th Century Europe, but in the U.S. the first official U.S. use of the term was in 1776, when a sergeant major was appointed to the headquarters of each infantry battalion of the Continental Army.
When did Jimi Hendrix have his first hit?
1966, with "Hey Joe." Highest position on the charts was No. 6.
When did Charles K. Gifford work for Chase bank?
Chase Manhattan, 1964-1966, position unknown
Where is the date located on a series 1966 hundred dollar bill?
The date on 1966 US $100 bills is located to the bottom-right of Franklin's portrait at roughly the 4:00 position, to the left of the Treasury Secretary's signature.
Was the impossible dream ever a top 40 hit and if so who sang it and what position did it reach in the charts?
Yes Jack Jones# 35 in 1966
