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Uses the contentious five-day Senate hearing to confirm his appointment as the first African-American justice on the Supreme Court as the framework to trace the life and career of one of the giants of the civil rights movement.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Year Published: 2015
Description: viii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307957191
0307957195
SUBJECTS
Marshall, Thurgood, -- 1908-1993.
United States. -- Supreme Court -- Biography.
United States. -- Supreme Court -- History -- 20th century.
Judges -- Biography.
African American judges -- Biography.
Judges -- History -- 20th century.