Invisible : The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster

Stephen L. Carter
Adult Non-Fiction 921 Carter Car

Bestseller Carter (Back Channel) narrates the life story of his exceptional grandmother, Eunice Carter, an African-American attorney who masterminded the sting operation that resulted in the imprisonment of mobster Charles “Lucky” Luciano. Invisible tells the true story of a remarkable woman who often found her path blocked by the social and political expectations of her time but persevered to become one of the most famous black women in America in the 1940's.


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