Constance Baker Motley, a primeira mulher afro-americana a argumentar perante a Suprema Corte dos EUA e juíza federal, é homenageada com o 47º Selo do Patrimônio Negro de New Haven pelo USPS. Constance Baker Motley, 1st African American woman to argue before the US Supreme Court & federal judge, is honored with New Haven's 47th Black Heritage Stamp by USPS.

Constance Baker Motley, natural de New Haven, está sendo homenageada com o 47º Selo Black Heritage do Serviço Postal dos Estados Unidos (USPS). Constance Baker Motley, a native of New Haven, is being honored with the 47th Black Heritage Stamp by the United States Postal Service (USPS). Motley foi a primeira mulher afro-americana a defender um caso perante a Suprema Corte dos EUA e tornou-se juíza federal. Motley was the first African American woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court and became a federal judge. Nascida e criada em New Haven, ela teve um impacto significativo no movimento pelos direitos civis. Born and raised in New Haven, she went on to have a significant impact on the civil rights movement. A 47ª cerimônia de inauguração do Selo Black Heritage ocorreu em um evento organizado pela Greater New Haven NAACP e pelo USPS. The 47th Black Heritage Stamp unveiling ceremony took place at an event hosted by the Greater New Haven NAACP and the USPS.