african american lawyers

Presents an adaptation of Dovey Johnson Roundtree's "Mighty Justice" about African American civil rights attorney, Dovey Johnson Roundtree, who recounts her life and career, discussing her 1955 landmark bus desegregation case that would help to dismantle the practice of "separate but equal" and dismantle the Jim Crow laws and more.

A revealing look at Michelle Obama's life, from her Chicago childhood and her education at Princeton and Harvard, to how she first met Barack Obama, and to her role as his closest adviser.

Examines the life and accomplishments of Michelle Obama, the wife of Barack Obama and the first African-American woman to become the First Lady of the United States.

A biography about Thurgood Marshall who was a lawyer, judge, and civil rights leader.

Thurgood Marshall is best known for being the first African-American Supreme Court justice. However, he also was the lawyer who successfully overturned Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which desegregated public schools. Court cases that Marshall presided over are analyzed in this text with important historical and biographical information to help students understand this influential American figure.

Truman K. Gibson Jr. recounts his involvement in the struggle for racial justice, describing his efforts to end segregation in the armed forces and gain equal rights for African-Americans.

Robert Carter recounts the experiences he had while working as chief legal assistant to Thurgood Marshall and as general counsel to the NAACP, revealing his role in crafting the legal strategy for the key cases of the civil rights era.