Climbing Jacob's Ladder: From Queens to Tuskegee: A Trial Lawyer's Journey on Behalf of 'the Least of These'
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (960 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1588380785 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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"and I love it." according to Earl Lewis. I received this book, and I love it.
But Jock Smith discovered he had a gift for public speaking and grew up to become a lawyer himself, a college professor, one of the first African-American assistant attorneys general in Alabama, and then a highly successful plaintiff’s lawyer, sports agent, sports memorabilia collector, and inspirational speaker. Feeling the need to use this collection for good, Smith began a ministry of inspirational speaking to youth, demonstrating how lessons learned through sports apply to the real world. A persuasive idealist, Smith found that he could have the most impact on the disenfranchised within the court system. Jacob Smith, a prominent black lawyer and political and civil rights leader in New York in the segregated 1950s, was assassinated when his son, Jock, was eight years old. Their collaboration brings us an insider’s view of the legal system, big-time sports collecting, contemporary black life, evangelism, and civil rights.. Jock Smith is a great storyteller, and co-author Paul Hemphill is a great writer. Climbing Jacob’s Ladder tells it all: the awe-inspiring journey from childhood without a father to prominence on a national scale. Now a national partner to superlawyer Johnnie Cochran, Smith operates in a fascinating world of power, wealth, fame, and faith. Smith also entwined his passion for sports with his legal talent and civil rights outlook to become
From Publishers Weekly When Jock Smith was eight, his father, Jacob, a lawyer, was murdered by a client's husband; Climbing Jacob's Ladder: From Queens to Tuskegee A Trial Lawyer's Journey on Behalf of "the Least of These" is Jock's tale, written with the aid of journalist Paul Hemphill, of growing up to be a lawyer, too. Now a partner to Johnnie Cochran (who pens the foreword), Jock is also a sports memorabilia collector (his first purchase, after the baseball cards of his youth, was a 1972 Willie Mays jersey), an announcer for the Tuskeg
He is also an agent and principal stockholder with Cochran Sports Management and the founder of Scoring for Life!, a motivational speaking ministry. He is a native of Birmingham and a graduate of Auburn University, was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and now lives in Atlanta. Paul Hemphill is a veteran journalist and author of a dozen books, including Long Gone, Leaving Birmingham, and The Nashville Sound. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the Asso