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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Wil Haygood
Showdown: Thurgood Marshall And The Supreme Court Nomination That Changed
America
N/A
2015
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Publisher > Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Author > Wil Haygood
Title > Showdown: Thurgood Marshall And The Supreme Court Nomination
That Changed America
Issue > N/A
Year > 2015
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ISBN > 9780385353168
Pages > 416
Genre > Biography-And-Autobiography Law Nonfiction
Language > English
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Type > RETAIL
Media > BOOK
Format > .epub
Section > eBook
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Published > 2015-09
Release > 2026-08-27
Disks > 04 x 5 MB
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Thurgood Marshall brought down the separatebutequal doctrine integrated
schools and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also
made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets In this
stunning new biography awardwinning author Wil Haygood surpasses the
emotional impact of his inspiring best seller The Butler to detail the life
and career of one of the most transformative legal minds of the past one
hundred years Using the framework of the dramatic contentious fiveday
Senate hearing to confirm Marshall as the first AfricanAmerican Supreme
Court justice Haygood creates a provocative and moving look at Marshalls
life as well as the politicians lawyers activists and others who shapedor
desperately tried to stopthe civil rights movement of the twentieth century
President Lyndon Johnson Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr whose scandals
almost cost Marshall the Supreme Court judgeship Harry and Harriette
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https://bookshop.org/p/books/showdown-thurgood-marshall-and-the-supreme-
court-nomination-that-changed-america-wil-haygood/6ea476b162103692
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