Root and branch : Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the struggle to end segregation
Title:
Root and branch : Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the struggle to end segregation
Author:
James, Rawn.
ISBN:
9781596916067
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Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Bloomsbury Press, 2010.
Physical Description:
276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs ; 25 cm
Contents:
Southern justice on trial -- Ambitious, successful, hopeful dreams -- No tea for the feeble -- The social engineers -- South journey children -- The law offices of Thurgood Marshall, Esq. -- Murray v. Maryland -- Don't shout too soon -- Special counsel and assistant counsel -- On the cusp in Missouri -- An outside man -- Hope looms -- Marshall at the helm -- Greenwich railroad bones -- War at home and abroad -- Supreme broken covenant -- Peace of mind -- Root and branch.
Abstract:
"The Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education is widely considered the milestone victory of the civil rights movement, but it was only the culmination of a decades-long legal campaign, brilliantly and relentlessly waged. Root and Branch is the epic story of the two fiercely dedicated lawyers who led that fight, from county courthouses to the marble halls of the Supreme Court."--Dust jacket front flap.
Local Note:
(GL)
Law Fassett Collection copy: Gift of John D. Fassett.
Law Chambers Collection copy: Gift of Julius L. Chambers and signed by author.
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