On February 24, 2014, the
Westchester County (NY) Links in conjunction with the Westchester Black Bar
Association, the White Plains Youth Bureau, the African American Men of
Westchester and the White Plains Cinema Deluxe sponsored a Black History Month Free
movie screening of “Justice is a Black Woman: The Life and Work of Constance
Baker Motley”. The film is a documentary which chronicles the life and
work of Motley, an “unsung” hero of the Civil Rights Movement. It is based
on interviews and other dissertation research conducted by the producer, Dr.
Gary Ford, Jr.
Dr. Ford was determined to give
Motley the credit she deserved for her work in the courts that affected the
outcome of the civil rights movement and facilitated the dismantling of Jim
Crow and a segregated society. Dr. Maya Angelou reads her poem, Still
I Rise, for the film which includes President Bill Clinton, Supreme Court
Justice Stephen Breyer, Attorney Vernon Jordan, members of the "Little
Rock Nine," Ms Charlayne Hunter-Gault, and many others. The film is
narrated by Juan Williams.