Lawyers - United States - Biography; African American lawyers - Biography
Johnnie Cochran discusses his book, “A Lawyer’s Life,” coauthored with David Fisher. Martinson begins by sharing that she first met Cochran through the Coro Foundation. She goes on to say that Cochran worked in the district attorney’s...
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; African Americans - Civil rights; Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century; United States - History - 1961-1969
Taylor Branch discusses his book, “Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65.” Branch begins by talking about the assassinations of Medgar Evers and John F. Kennedy in 1963. He talks about J. Edgar Hoover’s tyranny and Lyndon...