Bibliograph

Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court justice, Rebecca Carey Rohan

Type

Label

Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court justice, Rebecca Carey Rohan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-125) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Thurgood Marshall

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

936549286

Responsibility statement

Rebecca Carey Rohan

Series statement

Great American thinkers

Sub title

the first African-American Supreme Court justice

Summary

"Thurgood Marshall is best known for being the first African-American Supreme Court justice. However, he also was the lawyer who successfully overturned Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which desegregated public schools. Court cases that Marshall presided over are analyzed in this text with important historical and biographical information to help students understand this influential American figure" --, Publisher

Table Of Contents

A life lived before and after -- His life and times -- His contemporaries -- A professional life in pursuit of a singular goal -- Life goes on -- Brown v. Board of Education today

Target audience

adolescent

Classification