Thurgood Marshall: A Biography

by Glenn L. Starks, F. Erik Brooks

Overview

This book provides a detailed examination of the life and legal legacy of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, including a discussion of the many legal cases in which he was involved.

Thurgood Marshall was the first African American Supreme Court Justice. As a lawyer, he won the Supreme Court Case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that integrated all public schools in the United States. But Marshall's contributions extend far beyond significantly advancing the civil rights movement in this nation.

Thurgood Marshall: A Biography discusses the life of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in a chronological fashion, and then discusses his legacy after death. Students at all grade levels—including undergraduate and graduate college students—as well as historians and general readers interested in African American history , civil rights, or the U.S. legal system will find this book insightful and useful.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313349164
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/06/2012
Series:	Greenwood Biographies
Pages:	145
Sales rank:	535,136
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Glenn L. Starks, PhD, is senior acquisition division chief for the U.S. Department of Defense. He holds a doctorate in public policy and administration from Virginia Commonwealth University's L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs.

F. Erik Brooks, PhD, is assistant to the dean of the college of liberal arts and social sciences and associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro. He holds a doctorate in public policy and administration from Virginia Commonwealth University's L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword vii

Introduction ix

Timeline: Events in the Life of Thurgood Marshall xi

Chapter 1 Early Life 1

Chapter 2 Lawyer for the NAACP 13

Chapter 3 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 31

Chapter 4 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Court 51

Chapter 5 Solicitor General 57

Chapter 6 U.S. Supreme Court Justice 65

Chapter 7 The Legacy of Thurgood Marshall 97

Appendix 107

Thurgood Marshall's Eulogy 107

Supreme Court Case: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) 108

List of Cases for which Associate Justice Marshall Was the Majority Author 121

Bibliography 135

Index 141