Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America

by Wil Haygood

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Over the course of his forty-year career, Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this galvanizing biography, award-winning author Wil Haygood uses the framework of the dramatic, contentious five-day Senate hearing to confirm Marshall as the first African-American Supreme Court...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0307947378

ISBN13:9780307947376

Release Date:August 2016

Publisher:Vintage

Length:416 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Related Subjects

American History Legal Battles Political Activism Racial Discrimination Segregation The Civil Rights Movement Biography Non-Fiction Biographical Biographies

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