| Series |
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| Contents |
Black and white : a nation divided -- A baby born into Jim Crow -- Goody -- Roots of resistance -- Easing along -- Digging deep into law -- A hungry young lawyer -- Taking Jim Crow to court -- Laying it on the line -- Taking down Jim Crow -- The case of the century -- Moving to the other side of the bench -- A minority again -- The legacy. |
| Abstract |
Thurgood Marshall became the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, but it's his life leading up to that point--from school troublemaker to passionate lawyer--that makes him both accessibly real and a role model to Americans of every color. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-239) and index. |
| Audience |
Ages 11 and up. |
| Awards note | A Junior Library Guild selection |
| LCCN | 2007042794 |
| ISBN | 9780670062287 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0670062286 (hardcover) |
| Stock number | Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com |
