history month. yes some teachers are having to scale back their syllabus this year on certain issues, including black history. at least 14 states are now imposing book bans and other restrictions when it comes to discussing systemic racism. and in washington, president biden is getting some pushback from the right over his pledge to nominate a black woman to the supreme court. so it seemed like a perfect night to get into a little judicial black history and remember the very first black woman to serve as a federal judge. she is described as the civil rights queen in a new book by tameka brown negan, because constants motley got her start as an attorney, working for the this all defense fund with thurgood marshall. she represented more luther king junior on several cases. motley was the first black woman to argue a case before the supreme court and the first