Glenn Starks, F. Brooks

Thurgood Marshall

A Biography

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a detailed examination of the life and legal legacy of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, including a discussion of the many legal cases in which he was involved. Thurgood Marshall was the first African American Supreme Court Justice. As a lawyer, he won the Supreme Court Case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that integrated all public schools in the United States. But Marshall's contributions extend far beyond significantly advancing the civil rights movement in this nation. Thurgood Marshall: A Biography discusses the life of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in a chronological fashion, and then discusses his legacy after death. Students at all grade levels-including undergraduate and graduate college students-as well as historians and general readers interested in African American history , civil rights, or the U.S. legal system will find this book insightful and useful.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 425g
• ISBN-13: 9780313349164
• ISBN-10: 0313349169
• Artikelnr.: 34438221

Autorenporträt

Glenn L. Starks, F. Erik Brooks

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword Introduction Timeline: Events in the Life of Thurgood
Marshall Chapter 1 Early Life Chapter 2 Lawyer for the NAACP Chapter 3
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Chapter 4 U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit Court Chapter 5 Solicitor General Chapter 6 U.S. Supreme
Court Justice Chapter 7 The Legacy of Thurgood Marshall Appendix Thurgood
Marshall's Eulogy Supreme Court Case: Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) List of Cases for which Associate Justice
Marshall Was the Majority Author Bibliography Index