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1 online resource (238 pages) |
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Routledge Historical Americans |
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Routledge historical Americans.
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction The Struggle for a More Perfect Union; PART I Thurgood Marshall; Chapter 1 The Education of Thurgood Marshall; Chapter 2 "Thurgood's Coming"; Chapter 3 Social Engineer Lawyer; Chapter 4 Going for the "Whole Hog"; Chapter 5 All Deliberate Speed Means S-L-O-W; Chapter 6 "I AM the Establishment"; Chapter 7 Not Only the Robe Was Black; Chapter 8 How Do You Feel About Writing Dissents?; Postscript Thurgood Marshall, Activist Judge; PART II Documents; Note on Sources; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court from 1967 to 1991. He was the first African American to hold that position, and was one of the most influential legal actors of his time. Before being appointed to the Supreme Court by President Lyndon Johnson, Marshall was a lawyer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Federal Judge (1961-1965), and Solicitor General of the United States (1965-1966). Marshall won twenty-nine of thirty-two cases before the Supreme Court - most notably the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education, whi |
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Print version record |
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Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993.
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Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 fast |
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United States. Supreme Court -- Biography
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United States. Supreme Court fast |
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Judges -- United States -- Biography
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African American judges -- Biography
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History
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African American judges
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African Americans -- Civil rights
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Judges
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United States
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Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136174957 |
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1136174958 |
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