Title: Root and branch
Subtitle: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the struggle to end segregation
Description: "The Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education is widely considered the milestone victory of the civil rights movement, but it was only the culmination of a decades-long legal campaign, brilliantly and relentlessly waged. 'Root and Branch' is the epic story of the two fiercely dedicated lawyers who led that fight, from county courthouses to the marble halls of the Supreme Court"--Page 2 of cover.
Subjects: Biography, History, African American judges, Segregation, African American law teachers, Race discrimination
Places: United States
People: Charles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950), Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)