Invisible : the forgotten story of the black woman lawyer who took down America's most powerful mobster / Stephen L. Carter.
She was black and a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the granddaughter of slaves, as dazzlingly unlikely a combination as one could imagine in New York of the 1930s--and without the strategy she devised, Lucky Luciano, the most powerful Mafia boss in history, would never have been convicted. When special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey selected twenty lawyers to help him clean up the city's underworld, she was the only member of his team who was not a white male. Eunice Hunton Carter, Stephen Carter's grandmother, was raised in a world of stultifying expectations about race and gender, yet by the 1940s, her professional and political successes had made her one of the most famous black women in America. But her triumphs were shadowed by prejudice and tragedy. Greatly complicating her rise was her difficult relationship with her younger brother, Alphaeus, an avowed Communist who--together with his friend Dashiell Hammett--would go to prison during the McCarthy era. Yet she remained unbowed. Moving, haunting, and as fast-paced as a novel, Invisible tells the true story of a woman who often found her path blocked by the social and political expectations of her time. But Eunice Carter never accepted defeat, and thanks to her grandson's remarkable book, her long forgotten story is once again visible. --Publisher
Record details
- ISBN: 1432861468
- ISBN: 9781432861469
- Physical Description: 723 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Farmington Hills, Mich : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2018
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Carter, Eunice Hunton. Carter, Stephen L., 1954- > Family. African American authors > Biography. African American families > Biography. African American women lawyers > Biography. |
Genre: | Large print books. |
Search for related items by series
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Scenic Regional.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scenic Regional-Owensville | LP B CAR (Text) | 3006694309 | Large Print NonFiction | Available | - |