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"Trailblazing African American civil rights attorney Dovey Johnson Roundtree recounts her inspiring life story that speaks movingly and urgently to our racially troubled times. From the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, to the segregated courtrooms of the nation's capital; from the male stronghold of the army where she broke gender and color barriers to the pulpits of churches where women had waited for years for the right to minister--in all...
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IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 3
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This title examines the life and career of the lawyer and senator who was elected vice president of the United States in 2020. Harris became the first female vice president, as well as the first Black and Asian American vice president. Features include a glossary, web resources, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Provided by publisher.
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Genocide—the intent to destroy in whole or in part, a group of people.
TIME's 42 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2019
Book Riot's 50 of the Best Books to Read This Fall
As seen on CBS This Morning, award-winning attorney Ben Crump exposes a heinous truth in Open Season: Whether with a bullet or a lengthy prison sentence, America is killing black people and justifying it legally. While some
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This is the first full-length biography of George James Christian. Originally from Dominica, Christian qualified as a barrister-at-law in London, participated in the first pan-African conference and migrated to the Gold Coast in 1902 where he made his home and developed a complex extended family. He ensured that his children were well educated and they followed his tradition of service to the community. Shortly after his arrival in the Gold Coast,...
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José Francisco Torres was born and raised "up the river" above Trinidad, Colorado and his life spanned from the cowboy days of the late 1800s to the technological era of the late 1900s. Despite the security of his home in the rural Spanish community, there was something lacking: opportunity and respect for his people from the outside world. Early on, he conceived the notion that this was wrong, that he and his people deserved better and, as a child,...
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Under such circumstances, we become aware of a need to fulfill our innate purpose in life. Our purpose is the thing that we dream about, the thing that we desire to accomplish in an ideal situation. The biggest obstacle of why we do not seek to accomplish this dream is fear. We are fearful of failure, the unknown, and the perceived difficulty associated with the challenges we face. We must all discover and navigate the mission and purpose for our...
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This book explores the life and contributions of groundbreaking attorney, Elreta Melton Alexander Ralston (1919—98). In 1945 Alexander became the first African American woman to graduate from Columbia Law School. In 1947 she was the first African American woman to practice law in the state of North Carolina, and in 1968 she became the first African American woman to become an elected district court judge. Despite her accomplishments, Alexander is...
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"There is no equal justice for Black people today; there never has been. To our everlasting shame, the quality of justice in America has always been and is now directly related to the color of one's skin as well as to the size of one's pocketbook." This quote comes from George W. Crockett Jr.'s essay, "A Black Judge Speaks" (Judicature, 1970). The stories of Black lawyers and judges are rarely told. By sharing Crockett's life of principled courage,...
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La saisine du juge aux affaires familiales qui devait être le début de la solution s'est avérée au fur et à mesure le début d'un cauchemar. Elle va démontrer les limites de notre système judiciaire et ouvrir ainsi la voie à une cascade de procédures interminables qui vont mobiliser, des années durant, des dizaines de magistrats, de policiers, de gendarmes et d'experts de tous genres, sans pour autant mettre un terme à un divorce devenu...
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Une mère psychologiquement fragile et manipulatrice, un père poussé au suicide par des criminels! La vie n'était pas simple dans le foyer pour Éric et ses cinq frères. Après le décès de leur mère, emportée par la maladie en 2006, leur père tente de remonter la pente et d'enfin penser à lui! C'était sans compter sur internet et ses arnaqueurs professionnels.
L'auteur vous raconte son histoire, ses doutes et surtout son combat face aux...
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"Racist. Hero. Stubborn. Fighter. Chink.
I've been called many things on the way to this moment, but ironically, I've never been called 'a slant.'"
When Simon Tam started an Asian American dance rock band called The Slants, he didn't realize that he was starting an entire movement around freedom of expression and discussions on identity. The band flipped stereotypes with their bombastic live shows and community activism. But when Simon applied...
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David M. Louie had been a civil trial lawyer in private practice for thirty-two years when he was named Hawai'i's attorney general by Governor Neil Abercrombie in 2010. What followed was an eye-opening education in the nature of government-how it works and how the sausage of government policy is made. His historic koa wood desk in Hawai'i's state capitol gave Louie a frontrow seat for viewing-and shaping-the inner workings of government. In this incisive,...
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"The book explores the life and politics of Patsy Takemoto Mink (1927-2002), a third generation Japanese American from Hawai'i, the first woman of color in Congress and the legislative champion of Title IX. Co-authored by her daughter, political scientist Gwendolyn Mink, and historian Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, this work discusses Mink's decades-long work for women's equality, civil rights, environmental humanism, and peace. The book considers Mink's policy...
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