Thurgood Marshall : : the Making of America
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Prologue: a public enemy -- Way up South -- College days -- Top man in the class -- The equalization strategy -- A social engineer -- Speaking out -- Mr. Civil Rights -- Brown v. Board of Education -- Massive resistance -- Judge Marshall -- A more perfect union
"Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) was a US Supreme Court Justice and important civil rights activist. Born in Baltimore, Marshall faced racial segregation at school, but he worked his way up and earned his law degree from Howard University, where he met Charles Hamilton Houston. He followed Houston to New York to serve the NAACP and argued cases as an attorney. He argued more than thirty-two cases before the Supreme Court-more than anyone else in history. And eventually, he argued against laws that justified Jim Crow segregation-and won. He became the first African American man to serve on the Supreme Court, and he served from 1967-1991. The biography series begins with six books (see below). Unlike other biographies which tell a person's life chronologically and is only about that person's contributions, THE MAKING OF AMERICA series links the stories of individuals to create a single overarching story of America's growth and maturity. Each story becomes more interesting when fit into the larger narrative; however each biography is also a stand-alone title."-- Provided by publisher.
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The making of America
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New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020.
Year Published: 2020
Description: 249 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781419741043
1419741047
SUBJECTS
Marshall, Thurgood, -- 1908-1993.
United States. -- Supreme Court -- Biography.
Judges -- United States -- Biography.
African American judges -- Biography.
Biographies.