Call me Miss Hamilton : one woman's case for equality and respect by Weatherford, Carole Boston 

BTSB Prebound(Millbrook Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 924761 Available

Dewey: 323.092/BAges: 7-9   
AR: 4.8 LG Lexile: 1040

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Subjects: Hamilton, Mary Lucille,|d1935-2002 - Trials, litigation, etc African American women civil rights workers - Alabama - Biography Civil rights workers - Alabama - Biography African Americans - Civil rights - Alabama Contempt of court - Alabama Race discrimination - Law and legislation - Alabama Race discrimination - Law and legislation - United States Equality - United States Alabama - Race relations

Summary: This picture book biography in verse tells the story of Mary Hamilton, an African American woman and Civil Rights activist, who was found to be in contempt of court when she would not respond to questions from an Alabama judge who used only her first name, while calling white people "Mr.," "Mrs.," or "Miss." The NAACP took her case, which appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where they ruled in Mary Hamilton's favor.