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Loretta Lynch : first African American woman Attorney General / Eric Braun.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Braun, Eric, 1971- author.
- Series:
- Gateway Biographies Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lynch, Loretta, 1959---Juvenile literature.
- Lynch, Loretta.
- African American women lawyers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American women lawyers.
- African American public prosecutors--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American public prosecutors.
- Women attorneys general--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Women attorneys general.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Lerner Publications, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- On April 27, 2015, a packed Senate gallery watched as Loretta Lynch became the first African American woman to be named US attorney general.Long before Lynch became attorney general, she found herself immersed in politics.When she was fourteen, her father ran for mayor of Durham, North Carolina.This inspired a passion for politics in Lynch.
- Contents:
- Born to fight for justice
- School days
- A rising prosecutor
- Turning point
- A public servant
- From public life to private-and back again
- The path to Attorney General
- A hard-won confirmation.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 44-45) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5124-0587-6
- OCLC:
- 936538511
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