114) Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade. -- Constance Baker Motley (1921-2005), African-American civil rights activist and lawyer. First black woman elected to the New York State Senate; first woman chosen as Manhattan Borough President; first African-American woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court; first black woman in the U.S. to become a federal judge.
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114) Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade. -- Constance Baker Motley (1921-2005), African-American civil rights activist and lawyer. First black woman elected to the New York State Senate; first woman chosen as Manhattan Borough President; first African-American woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court; first black woman in the U.S. to become a federal judge.