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Lovely One: A Memoir

Lovely One: A Memoir

$35.00 – $37.00
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...
Who Is Ketanji Brown Jackson?

Who Is Ketanji Brown Jackson?

$5.99
By Shelia P.Moses A girl from Miami, Florida, who won many debate competitions for her high-school teamA lawyer who fought for justice for poor and needy clientsThe first Black woman to...
My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir

My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir

$18.99
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...
A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports

A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports

$24.00
  By Brad Snyder *Signed Bookplate After the 1969 season, the St. Louis Cardinals traded their star center fielder, Curt Flood, to the Philadelphia Phillies, setting off a chain of...
Black, White and Brown: The Landmark School Desegregation Case in Retrospect

Black, White and Brown: The Landmark School Desegregation Case in Retrospect

$9.95
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,...
Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences

Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences

$25.99
By Mark.V.Tushnet (Editor), Randall Kennedy (Foreword) Much has been written about Thurgood Marshall, but this is the first book to collect his own words. Here are briefs he filed as...
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight: Cassius Clay vs. the United States of America

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight: Cassius Clay vs. the United States of America

$16.95
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...
Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1936-1961

Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1936-1961

$70.00 – $175.00
  By Mark V. Tushnet *Signed Bookplate From the 1930s to the early 1960s civil rights law was made primarily through constitutional litigation. Before Rosa Parks could ignite a Montgomery...
Genius for Justice: Charles Hamilton Houston and the Reform of American Law

Genius for Justice: Charles Hamilton Houston and the Reform of American Law

$39.00
By Jose Anderson (Author) Dr. Charles Hamilton Houston was an outstanding Harvard-trained Supreme Court lawyer for the NAACP. As Dean of Howard University Law School, he mentored future Supreme Court...
Contempt of Court, The turn-of-The Century lynching that launched a hundred years of Federalism

Contempt of Court, The turn-of-The Century lynching that launched a hundred years of Federalism

$20.00
By Mark Curriden and Leroy Phillips In this profound and fascinating book, the authors revisit an overlooked Supreme Court decision that changed forever how justice is carried out in the...
Mrs. Dred Scott: A Life on Slavery's Frontier

Mrs. Dred Scott: A Life on Slavery's Frontier

$31.95
By Lea VanderVelde Among the most infamous U.S. Supreme Court decisions is Dred Scott v. Sandford . Despite the case's signal importance as a turning point in America's history, the...
Casey At The Bat $ The Supreme Court

Casey At The Bat $ The Supreme Court

$35.00 – $65.00
By Ross E. Davies The early 20th century also saw the beginning of the long and ongoing run of Casey at Bat as an analogical-metaphorical-comical device in commentary about the...

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