Showdown : Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America
Title:
Showdown : Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America
Author:
Haygood, Wil, author.
ISBN:
9780307957191
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
viii, 404 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
General Note:
"A Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.
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.
Abstract:
"The author of The Butler presents a revelatory 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,"--Novelist.
Local Note:
(GL)
Law School copy 2 - Gift - John D. Fassett.
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