In 1921- Constance Baker Motley, first African American appointed federal judge, born
In 2016- Carla Hayden becomes the first woman, and first African American, to head the United States Library of Congress and serve as Librarian of Congress
To Inspire You
We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.