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Baha'i Club @ NYU |
Black Allied Law Students Association (BALSA)Web Address |
Black, Latino, Asian Pacific American Law Alumni Association (BLAPA)Email · Web Address |
Baptist Student Union |
Bella Quisqueya |
Bengali Student Association |
Bioethics Forum at NYU |
Biracial and Multiracial Students Association |
Buddhist Student Association |
OFFICES/SERVICES SPOTLIGHT
NYU School of Medicine - Office of Diversity Affairs
Within the NYU School of Medicine, the office is dedicated to promoting programs that identify and nurture diverse talent, and also promotes cultural competency in health care. Mekbib Gemeda, Assistant Dean for Diversity Affairs and Community Health.
Constance Baker Motley
A civil rights activist, lawyer, state senator, and judge, Constance Baker Motley received an A.B. in economics from NYU in 1943. After receiving a law degree from Columbia University, Motley worked under the tutelage of Thurgood Marshall, chief counsel of the NAACP's Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and eventually became associate chief counsel for the association. She aided in several key civil rights cases, including Brown v. Board of Education. In the early 1960s Motley continued her fight for equality, arguing ten civil rights cases on the floor of the U.S. Supreme Court. She won nine. In 1964, she left the NAACP to become the first African-American woman state senator in New York. She served in this capacity until the winter of 1965, when the New York City Council elected her the first woman to serve as President of the Borough of Manhattan. The following year, President Lyndon Johnson nominated Motley for a Federal District Court judgeship for the Southern District of New York. Confirmed in August of 1966, Motley became the first African-American woman named to the federal bench.