Kanefield, Teri

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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MAR

James, Rawn.

Summary: "The Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education is widely considered the milestone victory of the civil rights movement, but it was only the culmination of a decades-long legal campaign, brilliantly and relentlessly waged. 'Root and Branch' is the epic story of the two fiercely dedicated lawyers who led that fight, from county courthouses to the marble halls of the Supreme Court"...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Press 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 347.7314 JAM

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Summary: Tells the story of Thurgood Marshall's journey through the south fighting segregation, leading up to one of America's most important legal decisions, Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2014

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MR