African American History

By Ketanji Brown Jackson (Author) *Hardcover Only Signed by Author In this inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court chronicles her...

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 Kekla Magoon (Author), Laura Freeman (Illustrator) Ketanji Brown Jackson is no stranger to overcoming obstacles. When a high school guidance counselor told her she should set her sights lower...

  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 deny...

By Kekla 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...

  By Steve Luxenberg *Signed Bookplate 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...

The first comprehensive historical treatment of resignations, retirements and and deaths explaining when and why justices have stepped down.

By Christopher James Bonner (Author) Citizenship in the nineteenth-century United States was an ever-moving target. The Constitution did not specify its exact meaning, leaving lawmakers and other Americans to struggle...

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...