{"product_id":"the-butlers-child-white-privilege-race-and-a-lawyers-life-in-civil-rights-9781643360959","title":"The Butler's Child: White Privilege, Race, and a Lawyer's Life in Civil Rights","description":"\u003cp\u003eLewis M. Steel, born a Warner Brothers' grandson, inherited a life of privilege, access, and opportunity. With every option available, he chose a life of purpose, spending more than fifty years as a no-holds-barred civil rights lawyer whose victories set legal precedents still relevant today. In \u003ci\u003eThe Butler's Child\u003c\/i\u003e, Steel explores the important role race played in his upbringing, anchored by his relationship with the family's African American butler, and why this attorney has devoted his life to pursuing racial justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis insightful life story chronicles his close relationship with Robert L. Carter, his mentor and extraordinary NAACP general counsel. Steel was there during the Attica uprising, represented innocent African Americans in front-page murder cases, and played a central role in the evolution of civil rights law from the height of the movement to landmark cases in the decades that followed. \u003ci\u003eThe Butler's Child\u003c\/i\u003e provides an insider's look at some of these emotion-packed, hard-fought trials and decisions from the 1960s to the present by an attorney still working to advance rights that should be available to all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steel, Lewis M.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643360959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Lewis M. Steel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32962860875851,"sku":"9781643360959","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_bedf94a6-1089-49dc-9aec-786e78564c04.jpg?v=1605739441","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-butlers-child-white-privilege-race-and-a-lawyers-life-in-civil-rights-9781643360959","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}