Thurgood Marshall
Subtitle: American revolutionary
By: Juan Williams
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Times Books
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 459
ISBN-13: 9780812920284; 9780812932997
Subjects: Judges; Biographies; Défenseurs des droits de l'homme; United States; Biographie; États-Unis; United States. Supreme Court; Juges; États-Unis. Supreme Court; Biography; Civil rights workers
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-436) and index.
Table of contents: title: Right time, right man?; title: A fighting family; title: Educating Thurgood; title: Waking up; title: Turkey; title: His own man; title: Getting started; title: Leaving home; title: 69 Fifth Avenue; title: Marshall in charge; title: Pan of bones; title: The war years; title: Lynch mob for a lawyer; title: Jim Crow Buster; title: Groveland; title: Lessons in politics; title: On the front line; title: Direct attack; title: Number one Negro of all time; title: Planning a revolt; title: Case of the century; title: No radical; title: Martin Luther King, Jr.; title: Machiavellian Marshall; title: The second Civil War; title: Marshall and the militants; title: Exit time; title: Black robes; title: Johnson's man; title: Justice Marshall; title: Backlash on the court; title: Hangin' on; title: Resurrection.