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All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson
$18.99
By Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrations by Ashley Evan Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, is an inspiration and role model to children of all ages. Award-winning author...
Ketanji: Justice Jackson's Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court
$19.99
Written by Kekla Magoon, Illustrated by Laura Freeman Ketanji Brown Jackson is no stranger to overcoming obstacles. When a high school guidance counselor told her she should set her sights...
Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America
*Signed Bookplate By Wil Haygood Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to...
Marshalling Justice: The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall
*Hard-signed By Michael G. Long Collected together for the first time in Marshalling Justice, here are selected letters written by one of the most influential and important activists in the...
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy
$17.99
ByKekla Magoon, Illustrated by Laura Freeman A brilliant picture book biography about Thurgood Marshall, who fought for equality during the Civil Rights Movement and served as the first Black justice...
Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation
$19.95 – $35.00
*Signed Bookplate By Steve Luxenberg equal,” created remarkably little stir when the justices announced their near-unanimous decision on May 18, 1896. Yet it is one of the most compelling and...
Redemption Songs: Suing for Freedom before Dred Scott
$29.95
By Lea VanderVelde The Dred Scott case is the most notorious example of slaves suing for freedom. Most examinations of the case focus on its notorious verdict, and the repercussions...
Liberty's Chain: Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York
$36.95
Hardcover By David N. Gellman In Liberty's Chain, David N. Gellman shows how the Jay family, abolitionists and slaveholders alike, embodied the contradictions of the revolutionary age. The Jays of New York...
Mrs. Dred Scott: A Life on Slavery's Frontier
$31.95
By Lea VanderVelde More than a biography, the book is a deep social history that freshly illuminates some of the major issues confronting antebellum America, including the status of women,...
A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports
$17.00
*Signed Bookplate By Brad Snyder After the 1969 season, the St. Louis Cardinals traded their star center fielder, Curt Flood, to the Philadelphia Phillies, setting off a chain of events...
Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1936-1961
$71.00 – $175.00
*Signed Bookplate By Mark V. Tushnet From the 1930s to the early 1960s civil rights law was made primarily through constitutional litigation. Before Rosa Parks could ignite a Montgomery Bus...
Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America
$19.99
Paperback By Martha S. Jones Birthright Citizens tells how African American activists radically transformed the terms of citizenship for all Americans. Before the Civil War, colonization schemes and black laws...