Showdown : Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America / Wil Haygood.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], 2015Description: viii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • General
ISBN:
  • 9780307957191 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.73/2634 23
LOC classification:
  • KF8745.M34 H394 2015
Contents:
The ghosts of Little Rock -- Willie and Norma Marshall's brave son -- 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 -- Return of the prosecutors -- Painful interruptions for a president and his nominee -- Dear Mr. President -- A rebel's last roar -- Flames -- The Constitution -- Thurgood Marshall's stand in LBJ's Texas -- A nominee in limbo -- Good evening, Mr. Justice Marshall.
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Books Books Idaho Springs Public Library ANF 347.73 HAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30404100157849

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-382) and index.

The ghosts of Little Rock -- Willie and Norma Marshall's brave son -- 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 -- Return of the prosecutors -- Painful interruptions for a president and his nominee -- Dear Mr. President -- A rebel's last roar -- Flames -- The Constitution -- Thurgood Marshall's stand in LBJ's Texas -- A nominee in limbo -- Good evening, Mr. Justice Marshall.

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