Fifty Years From the Basement to the Second Floor *Signed Copy* childrens Oklahoma with a passion for

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Fifty Years From the Basement to the Second Floor *Signed Copy* childrens Oklahoma with a passion forby Justice Tom Colbert In Fifty Years from the Basement to the Second Floor, Tom Colbert, former chief of justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, shares his extraordinary life storya story of resilience, determination, and hope. From his great great grandmother who, though born into slavery, lived to be over 100 years old to his great grandfather who fought to be enrolled as a member of Creek Tribal Nation to his grandfather who walked over a mile home