Thurgood Marshall: A Life for Justice
- ISBN-10
- 0805020950
- ISBN-13
- 9780805020953
- Series
- Thurgood Marshall
- Category
- Law / General
- Pages
- 163
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- H. Holt
- Author
- James Haskins
Description
A biography of one of the greatest justices in the history of the Supreme Court focuses on his idealistic college years, his first years as a lawyer, his landmark victory in Brown v. Board of Education, and much more.
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