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Subtitle: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America
By: Wil Haygood
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780307957191
Subjects: United States; African American judges; Judges; Officials and employees; Selection and appointment; United States. Supreme Court; Biography; History
Other titles: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America
Description: "The author of The Butler presents a revelatory biography of the first African-American Supreme Court justice--one of the giants of the civil rights movement, and one of the most transforming Supreme Court justices of the 20th century,"--Novelist.
Notes: "A Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-382) and index.
Table of contents: title: Bound for Room 2228; title: Day One : Thursday, July 13, 1967. The ghosts of Little Rock ; Willie and Norma Marshall's brave son; title: Day Two : Friday, July 14, 1967. Battling with a legendary country lawyer ; A "Philadelphia Negro" suddenly on standby ; Thurgood Marshall and his Southern hero ; the Chairman goes AWOL, and the hunt is on for anti-Marshall votes ; "The Jew" ; The long memory of Evangeline Moore; title: Day Three : Tuesday, July 18, 1967. Return of the prosecutors ; Painful interrogations for a President and his nominee ; Dear Mr. President; title: Day Four : Wednesday, July 19, 1967. A rebel's last roar ; Flames; title: Day Five : Monday, July 24, 1967. The Constitution ; Thurgood Marshall's stand in LBJ's Texas; title: Post-hearing : July 25-August 30, 1967. A nominee in limbo; title: Confirmation : September 1, 1967. Good evening, Mr. Justice Marshall; title: Requiem for Thurgood.