Thurgood Marshall : race, rights, and the struggle for a more perfect union / Charles L. Zelden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zelden, Charles L., 1963- author.

Series:

Routledge Historical Americans

Routledge historical Americans

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993.

Marshall, Thurgood.

United States. Supreme Court--Biography.

United States.

Judges--United States--Biography.

Judges.

African American judges--Biography.

African American judges.

African Americans--Civil rights--History.

African Americans.

United States--Race relations--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

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, which held segregated public schools unconstitutional. Marshall spent his career fighting racial segregation and legal inequality, and his time on the court establishing a record for supporting the "voiceless American." He left a legacy of change that still affects American society today.Through this concise biography, accompanied by primary sources that present Marshall in his own words, students will learn what Marshall did (and did not do) during his life, why those actions were important, and what effects his efforts had on the larger course of American history.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 8, 2013).

ISBN:

0-415-50643-3

1-136-17494-X

0-203-08164-1

1-136-17495-8

9780203081648

OCLC:

854976353