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Thurgood Marshall : the making of America

text Thurgood Marshall : the making of America

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"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 ... Read more
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 -- Legacy.

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249 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers 2020

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Woodmere (Main Branch) J 921 MAR in Juvenile Nonfiction Reshelving

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