Thurgood Marshall : a twentieth-century life

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Information & Library Science Library — Juvenile

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J92 Marshall
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Summary

Thurgood Marshall became the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, but it's his life leading up to that point--from school troublemaker to passionate lawyer--that makes him both accessibly real and a role model to Americans of every color.

Contents

Black and white : a nation divided -- A baby born into Jim Crow -- Goody -- Roots of resistance -- Easing along -- Digging deep into law -- A hungry young lawyer -- Taking Jim Crow to court -- Laying it on the line -- Taking down Jim Crow -- The case of the century -- Moving to the other side of the bench -- A minority again -- The legacy.

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