Career
She enrolled in college shortly after the 1954 Brown versus Board of Education decision. This historical moment was documented in the New York Times, Jet Magazine and Time Magazine.
She taught for 24 years in the Cincinnati Public School system.
In 1969 she earned a master"s degree in guidance counseling from Xavier. A scholarship has been created in her name at Spring Hill College.
She still is a living figure of African-American history. She was the devoted wife of a Doctorate. L. Motley, Senior, a pastor.
They had two sons who are currently pastors in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and Atlanta, Georgia, respectively.
Mistress Motley"s brother was minister and civil rights activist, the Review Nelson "Fireball" Smith.
