Thurgood Marshall by Juan Williams

Thurgood Marshall by Juan Williams

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 Prize

"Magisterial . . . in Williams' richly detailed portrait, Marshall emerges as a born rebel."-Jack E. White, Time

Thurgood Marshall was the twentieth century's 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 Marshall's 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.

NPR(R)'s Juan Williams is a senior correspondent. He is also a Fox News Channel political commentator and a panelist on Fox News Sunday. He is the author of a number of books, including Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary and Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965. Williams worked for The Washington Post for twenty-one years as an editorial writer, op-ed columnist, and White House correspondent. He currently resides in Washington, D.C.

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ISBN 13	9780812932997
ISBN 10	0812932994
Title	Thurgood Marshall
Author	Juan Williams
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2000-02-01
Number of pages	512
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