Format:
Online-Ressource (238 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780415506427
Series Statement:
Routledge Historical Americans
Content:
Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court from 1967 to 1991. He was the first African American to hold that position, and was one of the most influential legal actors of his time. Before being appointed to the Supreme Court by President Lyndon Johnson, Marshall was a lawyer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Federal Judge (1961-1965), and Solicitor General of the United States (1965-1966). Marshall won twenty-nine of thirty-two cases before the Supreme Court - most notably the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education, whi
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction The Struggle for a More Perfect Union; PART I Thurgood Marshall; Chapter 1 The Education of Thurgood Marshall; Chapter 2 "Thurgood's Coming"; Chapter 3 Social Engineer Lawyer; Chapter 4 Going for the "Whole Hog"; Chapter 5 All Deliberate Speed Means S-L-O-W; Chapter 6 "I AM the Establishment"; Chapter 7 Not Only the Robe Was Black; Chapter 8 How Do You Feel About Writing Dissents?; Postscript Thurgood Marshall, Activist Judge; PART II Documents; Note on Sources; Notes; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781136174957
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415506427
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Thurgood Marshall : Race, Rights, and the Struggle for a More Perfect Union
Language:
English
Keywords:
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