US HB5309

Posthumously awards a Congressional Gold Medal to Constance Baker Motley, recognizing her contributions to civil rights and public service in the United States

Constance Baker Motley served as the only female attorney on the NAACP Legal Defense Fund team that won Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and argued 10 major civil rights cases before the Supreme Court, winning 9

Achieved multiple historic firsts: first African-American woman elected to New York State Senate (1964), first African-American woman to serve as Manhattan Borough President (1965), and first African-American woman appointed to a federal judgeship (1966)

Medal will be presented to her son Joel Motley III and niece Constance Royster, with the Secretary of the Treasury authorized to strike bronze duplicates for public sale

Costs will be charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, with proceeds from duplicate medal sales deposited back into the fund