Bibliograph

Thurgood Marshall, by Teri Kanefield

Type

Label

Thurgood Marshall, by Teri Kanefield

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Thurgood Marshall

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1104859483

Responsibility statement

by Teri Kanefield

Series statement

The making of America, 6

Summary

"Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) was a US Supreme Court Justice and important civil rights activist. Born in Baltimore, Marshall faced racial segregation at school, but he worked his way up and earned his law degree from Howard University, where he met Charles Hamilton Houston. He followed Houston to New York to serve the NAACP and argued cases as an attorney. He argued more than thirty-two cases before the Supreme Court-more than anyone else in history. And eventually, he argued against laws that justified Jim Crow segregation-and won. He became the first African American man to serve on the Supreme Court, and he served from 1967-1991."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prologue: a public enemy -- Way up South -- College days -- Top man in the class -- The equalization strategy -- A social engineer -- Speaking out -- Mr. Civil Rights -- Brown v. Board of Education -- Massive resistance -- Judge Marshall -- A more perfect union

Target audience

juvenile

Classification