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Thurgood Marshall : a twentieth-century life
Title:
Thurgood Marshall : a twentieth-century life
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ISBN:
9780670062287
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Viking, c2008.
Physical Description:
248 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Series:
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.
Reading Level:
1260 L Lexile
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.
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