lawyers

An account of the writing of the "Star-Spangled Banner," telling why lawyer and poet Francis Scott Key was behind enemy lines at the time he wrote the lyrics to what became the national anthem.

Introduces nine prosecutors and defense attorneys and tells the stories of the landmark cases they argued on issues concerning abortion, civil rights, flag burning, Native American rights, rape, evolution, school desegration, and war crimes.

A Taiwanese-American rebel restaurateur chronicles his rise to success from his difficult childhood in the American South to his decision to embrace all he had learned about food in his father's restaurants and his mother's kitchen to create his own culinary identity.

Tells the life story of consumer advocate and politician Ralph Nader, covering such topics as his childhood in Connecticut, his campaign against the Corvair, and his battle with Al Gore during the 2000 presidential election.

Presents a brief biography of Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and judge who has continued to fight for the human rights of people in her country and around the world.

Traces the life, accomplishments, and legacy of the civil rights attorney who became a prominent Supreme Court Justice.

Ten biographies of African American lawyers, including Charles Hamilton Houston, William Henry Hastie, Thurgood Marshall, Constance Baker Motley, Benjamin Hooks, Douglas Wilder, Barbara Jordan, Johnnie Cochran, Marian Wright Edelman, and Carol Moseley-Braun.

Describes the struggles and triumphs of Belva Lockwood, the teacher, suffragette, lawyer, and peace activist who became the first woman to practice law before the Supreme Court and a candidate for president in 1884 and 1888.