Thurgood Marshall

  • Thurgood Marshall
    By Karen Bush Gibson

    A biography of the civil rights lawyer who helped end school segregation and served as a Supreme Court Justice.

  • Thurgood Marshall: A Photo-illustrated Biography
    By Karen Bush Gibson

    A biography of the civil rights lawyer who helped end school segregation and served as a Supreme Court Justice.

  • Thurgood Marshall
    By Geoffrey M. Horn

    1965 1967 Ramsey Clark becomes U.S. attorney general . His father , Tom C. Clark , resigns from the Supreme Court . Marshall is named to fill Clark's seat , becoming the first African American on the Court . Warren Burger replaces Earl ...

  • Thurgood Marshall
    By Deborah Hitzeroth, Sharon Leon, Thurgood Marshall

    Clarence Mitchell , of the NAACP Washington bureau , echoed White's feelings when he testified before the Preparedness Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee in 1951 . Mitchell said : [ blacks ) to risk their lives in war ...

  • Thurgood Marshall: A Life in American History
    By Spencer R. Crew

    The change also added to Marshall's growing prominence as a part of the Johnson administration. What might result from that growing prominence was a question on the minds of many people. Jet magazine wrote that Marshall was the most ...

  • Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary
    By Juan Williams

    ... Dr. Arthur M. West ; Dr. Arthur N. , Chip , Marisa , and Arleathia West ; Minna West ; David Wigdor ; Armstrong Williams ; Roger , Chris , and Ashley Williams ; John Wolter ; Janet Sims - Wood ; Robert Zangrando ; and Li Zhao .

  • Thurgood Marshall: A Biography
    By Glenn L. Starks, F. Erik Brooks

    Clark retired on June 12, 1967, to avoid a conflict of interest when his son, Ramsey Clark, was appointed attorney general. President Johnson actually appointed Ramsey to force his father from the Supreme Court.

  • Thurgood Marshall
    By Helen Frost

    An introduction to the life and accomplishments of Thurgood Marshall, the African American civil rights attorney who became a prominent Supreme Court Justice.

  • Thurgood Marshall
    By Helen Frost

    An introduction to the life and accomplishments of the African American civil rights attorney who became a prominent Supreme Court Justice.

  • Thurgood Marshall: Justice for All
    By Roger Goldman, David Gallen

    A collection of 15 opinions and dissents of this national defender of individual liberties and civil rights, as well as personal recollections of Marshall's closest associates.

  • Thurgood Marshall: Justice for All
    By Thurgood Marshall, David Gallen, Roger L. Goldman

    Forty of Justice Marshall's opinions ruling on such issues as civil rights, education, abortion, and capital punishment are introduced by a law professor who highlights the issues and illuminates the workings of an astute legal mind. 35,000 ...

  • Thurgood Marshall
    By Montrew Dunham

    A biography emphasizing the childhood of the man who became the first African-American to sit on the United States Supreme Court.

  • Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences
    By Mark V. Tushnet

    Much has been written about Thurgood Marshall, but this is the first book to collect his own words.

  • Thurgood Marshall
    By Montrew Dunham

    This book is laced with numerous illustrations, and the back of the book includes a timeline, questions, activities, and a glossary, making it the perfect addition to a classroom or home school setting.

  • Thurgood Marshall: Race, Rights, and the Struggle for a More Perfect Union
    By Charles L. Zelden

    Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court from 1967 to 1991.

  • Thurgood Marshall: Warrior at the Bar, Rebel on the Bench
    By Michael D. Davis, Hunter R. Clark

    Describes the Justice's early life in a segregated Baltimore, his work as a civil rights attorney, and his record on the bench

  • Thurgood Marshall: Supreme Court Justice
    By Joseph Nazel

    A biography of the first black appointed to the Supreme Court.

  • Thurgood Marshall: A Twentieth-century Life
    By Chris Crowe

    Shows how a school troublemaker went on to become the first African-American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and how he played a vital role in the Brown v.

  • Thurgood Marshall: Civil Rights Champion
    By Judy Monroe

    Highlights the life and accomplishments of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American on the Supreme Court.

  • Thurgood Marshall: First African-American Supreme Court Justice
    By Carol Greene

    A biography of the first Afro-American to be appointed to the Supreme Court.