Thurgood Marshall
American Revolutionary
New York : Times Books, [1998]
Format: Ebook
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Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 459 pages) : illustrations
Presents a biography of the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court, from his crusade against segregation to his friendships with other famous Black figures.
Contents:
Right time, right man? -- A fighting family -- Educating Thurgood -- Waking up -- Turkey -- His own man -- Getting started -- Leaving home -- 69 Fifth Avenue -- Marshall in charge -- Pan of bones -- The war years -- Lynch mob for a lawyer -- Jim Crow Buster -- Groveland -- Lessons in politics -- On the front line -- Direct attack -- Number one Negro of all time -- Planning a revolt -- Case of the century -- No radical -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Machiavellian Marshall -- The second Civil War -- Marshall and the militants -- Exit time -- Black robes -- Johnson's man -- Justice Marshall -- Backlash on the court -- Hangin' on -- Resurrection.
Subjects:
Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993.
Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993.
Marshall, Thurgood.
United States. Supreme Court -- Biography.
États-Unis. Supreme Court -- Biographies.
Judges -- United States -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
Juges -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Biographie.
Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993.
Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993.
Marshall, Thurgood.
United States. Supreme Court -- Biography.
États-Unis. Supreme Court -- Biographies.
Judges -- United States -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
Juges -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Biographie.
ISBN:
9780307786128
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-436) and index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-436) and index.
Description based on print version record.