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Haygood, Wil.
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Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993.
United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment -- History -- 20th century.
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Haygood, Wil.
Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993.
United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
United States. Supreme Court -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Supreme Court -- Biography.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- History.
Judges -- Selection and appointment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Judges, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Judges -- United States -- Biography
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Blacks -- Civil rights -- United States -- History.
Lawyers, Black -- United States -- Biography.
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Showdown : Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America / Wil Haygood.
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Haygood, Wil.
Call #:
347
.732634
M369h
Subjects
Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993.
United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
United States. Supreme Court -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Supreme Court -- Biography.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- History.
Judges -- Selection and appointment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Judges, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Judges -- United States -- Biography
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Blacks -- Civil rights -- United States -- History.
Lawyers, Black -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780307957191 (hc.)
0307957195 (hc.)
9780307947376 (pbk.)
9780307947376 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
viii, 404 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Notes:
"A Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-382) and index.
Contents:
Bound for room 2228 -- Day one: Thursday, July 13, 1967. The ghosts of Little Rock ; Willie and Norma Marshall's brave son -- Day two: Friday, July 14, 1967. Battling with a legendary country lawyer ; A "Philadelphia Negro" suddenly on standby ; Thurgood Marshall and his Southern hero ; the Chairman goes AWOL, and the hunt is on for anti-Marshall votes ; "The Jew" ; The long memory of Evangeline Moore -- Day three: Tuesday, July 18, 1967. Return of the prosecutors ; Painful interrogations for a President and his nominee ; Dear Mr. President -- Day four: Wednesday, July 19, 1967. A rebel's last roar ; Flames -- Day five: Monday, July 24, 1967. The Constitution ; Thurgood Marshall's stand in LBJ's Texas -- Post-hearing: July 25-August 30, 1967. A nominee in limbo -- Confirmation: September 1, 1967. Good evening, Mr. Justice Marshall -- Requiem for Thurgood.
Summary:
A biography of the first African-American Supreme Court justice--one of the giants of the civil rights movement, and one of the most transforming Supreme Court justices of the 20th century.
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