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21) Redeeming justice: from defendant to defender, my fight for equity on both sides of a broken system
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"He was seventeen when an all-white jury sentenced him to prison for a crime he didn't commit. Now, in this unforgettable memoir, a pioneering lawyer recalls the journey that led to his exoneration--and inspired him to devote his life to fighting the many injustices in our legal system. Seventeen years old and facing nearly thirty years behind bars, Jarrett Adams sought to figure out the why behind his fate. Sustained by his mother and aunts who brought...
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The California Newsreel Collection features the best fims from their library. Included in the collection are impactul films such as Race - The Power of an Illusion, Black Gold, Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask, and others. California Newsreel produces cutting edge, social justice films that inspire, educate and engage audiences.
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2014.
Language
English
Description
The road to Brown tells the story of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling as the culmination of a brilliant legal assault on segregation that launched the Civil Rights movement. It is also a moving and long overdue tribute to a visionary but little known black lawyer, Charles Hamilton Houston, "the man who killed Jim Crow." The road to Brown plunges us into the nightmare world of Jim Crow that robbed former slaves of the rights granted by the 14th...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Throughout her prodigious life, activist and lawyer Pauli Murray systematically fought against all arbitrary distinctions in society, channeling her outrage at the discrimination she faced to make America a more democratic country. In this definitive biography, Rosalind Rosenberg offers a poignant portrait of a figure who played pivotal roles in both the modern civil rights and women's movements. A mixed-race orphan, Murray grew up in segregated...
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Language
English
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Description
"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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English
Description
"Born in Iran (where her father, a doctor, sought a better job than he could find in segregated America), Jarrett grew up in Chicago in the 60s as racial and gender barriers were being challenged. A single mother stagnating in corporate law, she found her voice in Harold Washington's historic administration, where she began a remarkable journey, ultimately becoming one of the most visible and influential African-American women of the twenty-first...
27) Vernon Can Read
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Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
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Description
The story of Vernon Jordan's life is an American success story that is emblematic of the extraordinary journey of black Americans since World War II. It is also a moving testament to the family whose support and courage provided the framework for his achievements.
28) Michelle Obama
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Michelle Obama grew up on the south side of Chicago. After her father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Michelle worked to better the lives of others. When she met Barack Obama, she was already a trailblazing lawyer and activist. As an advocate for women, girls and those less fortunate, she became a powerful First Lady.
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Series
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English
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When the prestigious law firm of Wayne, Rothstein, and Lincoln catches two major cases-a rape case against a white NBA star who allegedly raped a black stripper, and a murder case against a black rapper who allegedly killed a gay couple and two policemen-Bill O'Neil and Ben Turner are tasked with handling these racially charged litigations. The cases hit emotional chords with the two lawyers and force them to reckon with their interracial relationships...
30) Sweet tea
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Althea Dailey...[is] about to make partner at her prestigious law firm in New York...When she has to travel South for a case, she pays a long-overdue visit back home to Milford, Georgia. To her surprise, a white man she's never met has befriended her grandmother...Althea's grandmother is famous for her cooking...But Althea suspects Jack of trying to steal her grandmother's recipes. Despite Althea and Jack's first impressions of one another, they...
35) The Negro professional man and the community: with special emphasis on the physician and the lawyer
Author
Pub. Date
[1934]
Language
English
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