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[2003], c1994., Primary, Random House Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Step into reading.Summary Note: Frontier lawyer Abraham Lincoln cures his absent-mindedness by placing letters, court notes, contracts, and his checkbook in his tall black hat.
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2008., Juvenile, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: 305.42092 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A brief biography of Belva Lockwood, a lawyer and suffragette, who ran for president in 1884 despite that fact that women weren't allowed to vote.
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[2018]., Crown Call No: MEMOIR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An autobiography of lawyer and American First Lady Michelle Obama.
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[2018]., Crown Call No: HI-INT B OBA Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: An intimate memoir by the former First Lady chronicles the experiences that have shaped her remarkable life, from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago through her setbacks and achievements in the White House.
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[2018]., Crown Call No: B Obama Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: An intimate memoir by the former First Lady chronicles the experiences that have shaped her remarkable life, from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago through her setbacks and achievements in the White House.
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-- Becoming Michelle Obama[2021]., Juvenile, Delacorte Press Call No: B OBAMA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This volume for young people is an honest and fascinating account of Michelle Obama's life led by example. She shares her views on how all young people can help themselves as well as help others, no matter their status in life. In telling her story with boldness, she asks young readers: Who are you, and what do you want to become?
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2004., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 921 HOOKS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African-American leadersSummary Note: A biography of African American lawyer Benjamin Hooks, who continues to speak and teach about racial justice and equality since his 1992 retirement from the position of executive director of the NAACP.
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2000, c1994., Juvenile, Scholastic Call No: B KEY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An account of the writing of the "Star-Spangled Banner," detailing how Key was actually behind enemy lines at the time seeking release of a captured friend from the British, who would not allow their departure until the bombardment of Baltimore was completed.
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[2019]., Adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: MEMOIR NF ORT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, discussing her landmark cases that impacted the legal protection of human rights.
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Ã2019., Atria Paperbacks Call No: 344.04 BIL Edition: 1st Atria Bks. Pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "An unforgettable David and Goliath-style legal drama about malice and manipulation, the failings of environmental regulation, and one lawyer's quest to expose the truth about this previously unknown--and still unregulated--chemical that presents one of the greatest human health crises of the 21st century"--OCLC.
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1996., Juvenile, Facts on File Call No: 923.4 CAL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: American profilesSummary Note: Profiles Belva Lockwood, Clarence Darrow, John W. Davis, Robert H. Jackson, Thurgood Marshall, William Kunstler, F. Lee Bailey, Sarah Weddington and Linda Fairstein.
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2015., Spiegel & Grau Call No: HI-INT B STE Edition: 2015 Spiegel & Grau trade paperback edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles a young lawyer's founding of the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice committed to defending the poor, women and children, and the wrongly condemned, and the ways in which he was transformed by his first case, that of a man sentenced to die for a murder he claimed he didn't commit.
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2015., Spiegel & Grau Call No: B Stevenson Edition: 2015 Spiegel & Grau trade paperback edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Chronicles a young lawyer's founding of the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice committed to defending the poor, women and children, and the wrongly condemned, and the ways in which he was transformed by his first case, that of a man sentenced to die for a murder he claimed he didn't commit.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: HI-INT B STE Edition: First edtion. Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s) Summary Note: Bryan Stevenson details from his personal experience his many challenges and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate, especially on behalf of America's most marginalized people.
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2018., Delacorte Press Call No: 921 STEVENSON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In this young adult adaptation of the acclaimed bestselling Just Mercy, which the New York Times calls "as compelling as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so," Bryan Stevenson delves deep into the broken U.S. justice system, detailing from his personal experience his many challenges and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate, especially on behalf of America's most rejected and marginalized people. In this very personal work--proceeds of which will go to charity--Bryan Stevenson recounts many and varied stories of his work as a lawyer in the U.S. criminal justice system on behalf of those in society who have experienced some type of discrimination and/or have been wrongly accused of a crime and who deserve a powerful advocate and due justice under the law. Through the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), an organization Stevenson founded as a young lawyer and for which he currently serves as Executive Director, this important work continues. EJI strives to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, working to protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Praise for Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption: "Important and compelling." --TRACY KIDDER, author of Mountains Beyond Mountains "Gripping. What hangs in the balance is nothing less than the soul of a great nation." --DESMOND TUTU, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate "An inspiring and powerful story." --JOHN GRISHAM, author of A Time to Kill"--
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2019., Adolescent, Ember Call No: B Stevenson Edition: First Ember edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares his efforts to end racial and economic injustice through his organization Equal Justice Initiative. With personal stories from his work, he sheds light on a broken justice system he's working to change.
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[2018]., Adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: Biography NF STE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Project Lit 19-20Summary Note: Project LIT Book "Bryan Stevenson details from his personal experience his many challenges and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate, especially on behalf of America's most marginalized people"--Provided by publisher.
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[2018]., Juvenile, Delacorte Press Call No: Class Set MEM STE Edition: First edition. Availability:118 of 119 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In this young adult adaptation of the acclaimed bestselling Just Mercy, which the New York Times calls "as compelling as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so," Bryan Stevenson delves deep into the broken U.S. justice system, detailing from his personal experience his many challenges and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate, especially on behalf of America's most rejected and marginalized people. In this very personal work--proceeds of which will go to charity--Bryan Stevenson recounts many and varied stories of his work as a lawyer in the U.S. criminal justice system on behalf of those in society who have experienced some type of discrimination and/or have been wrongly accused of a crime and who deserve a powerful advocate and due justice under the law. Through the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), an organization Stevenson founded as a young lawyer and for which he currently serves as Executive Director, this important work continues. EJI strives to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, working to protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Praise for Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption: "Important and compelling." --TRACY KIDDER, author of Mountains Beyond Mountains "Gripping. What hangs in the balance is nothing less than the soul of a great nation." --DESMOND TUTU, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate "An inspiring and powerful story." --JOHN GRISHAM, author of A Time to Kill"--
