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Thurgood Marshall : a life in American history / Spencer R. Crew.
Van Pelt Library KF8745.M34 C74 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crew, Spencer R., 1949-
- Series:
- Black history lives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993.
- Marshall, Thurgood.
- United States. Supreme Court.
- Judges--United States.
- Judges.
- African American judges.
- United States.
- African American judges--Biography.
- United States. Supreme Court--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 266 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2019]
- Contents:
- Early influences
- Thurgood Marshall becomes a social engineer
- At the NAACP
- The Truman years
- The bridge to Brown
- The cases that ended legislative school segregation
- A time of turmoil
- Transition to federal life
- Solicitor general
- New to the court
- The loyal opposition
- Why Thurgood Marshall matters.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Crew, Spencer R., 1949- Thurgood Marshall
- ISBN:
- 9781440861444
- 1440861447
- OCLC:
- 1099539778
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