Jurist Constance Baker Motley ‘46LAW had a major impact on ending racial discrimination. As the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s associate counsel, she helped write the briefs for Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that ended school segregation. From October 1961 to the end of 1964, Motley won nine of the ten civil rights cases she argued before the Court. Learn more. Fun fact: The conference room on the 5th floor of the Alumni Center is named in her honor.