| Portion of title |
Making of America |
| Series |
The making of America; #6
Kanefield, Teri, 1960- Making of America. ^A1406270
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| Contents |
Prologue: a public enemy -- Way up South -- College days -- Top man in the class -- The equalization strategy -- A social engineer -- Speaking out -- Mr. Civil Rights -- Brown v. Board of Education -- Massive resistance -- Judge Marshall -- A more perfect union -- Legacy -- Timeline -- Selected writings of Thurgood Marshall. |
| Abstract |
"Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) was a US Supreme Court Justice and important civil rights activist. Born in Baltimore, Marshall faced racial segregation at school, but he worked his way up and earned his law degree from Howard University, where he met Charles Hamilton Houston. He followed Houston to New York to serve the NAACP and argued cases as an attorney. He argued more than thirty-two cases before the Supreme Court-more than anyone else in history. And eventually, he argued against laws that justified Jim Crow segregation-and won. He became the first African American man to serve on the Supreme Court, and he served from 1967-1991."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-243) and index. |
| Interest age level |
Ages 10-14 |
| Interest grade level |
Grades 4-8 |
| Audience |
1060 Lexile |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Kanefield, Teri, Thurgood marshall New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020. 9781683358305 |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Juvenile works. |
| Genre/form | Young adult fiction. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2019024610 |
| ISBN | 9781419741043 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1419741047 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
