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Constance Baker Motley Forever Stamp Celebration
A celebration of the new first-class “Forever” stamp honoring Constance Baker Motley, a pioneering Civil Rights leader and federal judge, will be held at the Chester Meeting House (4 Liberty St) on Saturday, February 17, from 3 to 5 pm. All are welcome. The stamp, which was issued February 1 by the U.S. Postal Service, is the 47th in the Black Heritage series, and joins those of Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and John Lewis.Honored as the first Black woman federal judge, a ground-breaking Civil Rights attorney, and the first Black woman to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court, Motley was a native of New Haven, and a 40-year resident of Chester, CT (1965-2005).
Co-sponsored by the Chester Historical Society, the Chester Land Trust and the Sari A. Rosenbaum Fund for Women and Girls at the Community Foundation of Middlesex County, the event includes a brief speakers’ program and interactive audience discussion based on film clips from the PBS documentary on Motley, “Justice is a Black Woman.” The event is free and open to the public; food and refreshments will be offered. Snow date: Feb. 24 Check CHS website day of event: www.chesterhistoricalsociety.org
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