African American History

By Clarence Thomas Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest, My Grandfather's Son is the story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told in...

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...

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...

By: Tami Charles Discover the incredible story of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who followed her childhood dream of becoming a lawyer and eventually became the first Black woman to sit on the...

Paperback Edited by Clare Cushman and Melvin I. Urofsky Few decisions in constitutional law have had as dramatic an impact on American life as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,...

*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...

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...

*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...

*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...

*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...

*Signed Bookplate By Justin Driver An award-winning constitutional law scholar at the University of Chicago (who clerked for Judge Merrick B. Garland, Justice Stephen Breyer, and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor)...

By Howard L. Bingham and Max Wallace In 1966 Muhammad Ali announced his intention to refuse induction into the United States Army as a conscientious objector. This set off a...