{"id":5170,"date":"2022-03-19T09:55:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T13:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/?p=5170"},"modified":"2022-03-19T09:55:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T13:55:37","slug":"stone-on-constance-baker-motleys-forgotten-housing-legacy-utahlawreview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/index.php\/2022\/03\/19\/stone-on-constance-baker-motleys-forgotten-housing-legacy-utahlawreview\/","title":{"rendered":"Stone on Constance Baker Motley&#8217;s Forgotten Housing Legacy @UtahLawReview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donovan Stone, Duke Law School, is publishing <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4011275&amp;dgcid=ejournal_htmlemail_legal:history:ejournal_abstractlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constance Baker Motley&#8217;s Forgotten Housing Legacy<\/a> in the 2021 volume of the Utah Law Review. Here is the abstract.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Constance Baker Motley led the legal assault on Jim Crow and became the first Black woman appointed to the federal bench. She spent two decades with the NAACP\u2019s Legal Defense and Educational Fund, assisting Thurgood Marshall in Brown v. Board of Education. Afterward, she desegregated the South\u2019s public schools and universities and argued ten cases before the Supreme Court, winning nine. Motley also represented countless protestors jailed for their activism, including Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Motley\u2019s achievements, scholars have largely overlooked her career. And those who have examined Motley\u2019s work have generally focused on her efforts to dismantle school segregation. Public school desegregation was foundational to Motley\u2019s LDF litigation, but her practice also extended beyond school desegregation. Motley filed scores of cases challenging racial discrimination in voting rights, public accommodations, and housing access.<\/p>\n<p>Using archival research, this Article explores the latter category\u2014Motley\u2019s housing docket\u2014through the lens of Stewart v. Clarke Terrace Unit No. 1, a case she litigated in Shreveport, Louisiana. Filed in 1954, Clarke Terrace was LDF\u2019s first lawsuit challenging discrimination in privately constructed but federally insured housing developments. It sought to enforce the rights of African Americans who purchased homes in a new subdivision only to have nearby white residents sabotage the development. Uncovering Clarke Terrace challenges conventional narratives pigeonholing Motley as an education attorney. It highlights her housing advocacy and demonstrates that this work was pivotal to Motley\u2019s clients, even if forgotten by historians. This analysis powerfully advances appreciation for and understanding of Motley\u2019s civil rights legacy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Download the article from SSRN at the link.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=HedgehogsFoxes\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donovan Stone, Duke Law School, is publishing Constance Baker Motley&#8217;s Forgotten Housing Legacy in the 2021 volume of the Utah Law Review. Here is the abstract. 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