Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary

ISBN: 0812932994

Author: Williams, Juan

Condition: New

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK The definitive biography of the great lawyer and Supreme Court justice, from the bestselling author of Eyes on the PrizeMagisterial . . . in Williams richly detailed portrait, Marshall emerges as a born rebel.-Jack E. White, TimeThurgood Marshall was the twentieth centurys great architect of American race relations. His victory in the Brown v. Board of Education decision, the landmark Supreme Court case outlawing school segregation in the United States, would have made him a historic figure even if he had never been appointed as the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court. He had a fierce will to change America, which led to clashes with Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcom X, and Robert F. Kennedy. Most surprising was Marshalls secret and controversial relationship with the FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover.Based on eight years of research and interviews with over 150 sources, Thurgood Marshall is the sweeping and inspirational story of an enduring figure in American life who rose from the descendants of slaves to become an American hero.