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Thurgood Marshall and Brown v. Board of Education / Zachary Deibel.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Primary sources of the civil rights movementPublisher: New York : Cavendish Square, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: 64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781502618665
  • 1502618664
Other title:
  • Thurgood Marshall and Brown versus Board of Education
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Precedent for prejudice -- Mentor for Marshall -- No equal opportunity -- Position of influence -- Impact from the bench -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Further information -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
Summary: Thurgood Marshall turned a law school rejection based on his race into a passion for ending our nations policy of separate but equal. He was on the legal team that won the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case and used that victory as a precedent to topple other racial barriers. He furthered racial reforms after being named our nations first black Supreme Court justice.
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Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography Marshall T. D324 Available 33111008511053
Total holds: 0

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Thurgood Marshall turned a law school rejection based on his race into a passion for ending our nation's policy of "separate but equal." He was on the legal team that won the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case and used that victory as a precedent to topple other racial barriers. He furthered racial reforms after being named our nation's first black Supreme Court justice.

Includes bibliographical references (page 58-61) and index.

Precedent for prejudice -- Mentor for Marshall -- No equal opportunity -- Position of influence -- Impact from the bench -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Further information -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.

Thurgood Marshall turned a law school rejection based on his race into a passion for ending our nations policy of separate but equal. He was on the legal team that won the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case and used that victory as a precedent to topple other racial barriers. He furthered racial reforms after being named our nations first black Supreme Court justice.

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