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Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America

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"The author of The Butler presents a revelatory biography of the first African-American Supreme Court justice--one of the giants of the civil rights movement, and one of the most transforming Supreme Court justices of the 20th century,"--Novelist.

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Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Pages
404

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United States, African American judges, Judges, Officials and employees, Selection and appointment, United States. Supreme Court, Biography, History, Judicial Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Government, nyt:race-and-civil-rights=2015-10-11, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Marshall, thurgood, 1908-1993, United states, supreme court, United states, officials and employees, selection and appointment
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Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)
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Table of Contents

Bound for Room 2228
Day One : Thursday, July 13, 1967. The ghosts of Little Rock ; Willie and Norma Marshall's brave son
Day Two : Friday, July 14, 1967. Battling with a legendary country lawyer ; A "Philadelphia Negro" suddenly on standby ; Thurgood Marshall and his Southern hero ; the Chairman goes AWOL, and the hunt is on for anti-Marshall votes ; "The Jew" ; The long memory of Evangeline Moore
Day Three : Tuesday, July 18, 1967. Return of the prosecutors ; Painful interrogations for a President and his nominee ; Dear Mr. President
Day Four : Wednesday, July 19, 1967. A rebel's last roar ; Flames
Day Five : Monday, July 24, 1967. The Constitution ; Thurgood Marshall's stand in LBJ's Texas
Post-hearing : July 25-August 30, 1967. A nominee in limbo
Confirmation : September 1, 1967. Good evening, Mr. Justice Marshall
Requiem for Thurgood.

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"A Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-382) and index.

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Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America

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347.73/2634, B
Library of Congress
KF8745.M34 H394 2015

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viii, 404 pages
Number of pages
404

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0307957195
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9780307957191
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2014044440
OCLC/WorldCat
895500987
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