Thurgood Marshall

Race, Rights, and the Struggle for a More Perfect Union

Charles L. Zelden (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

236 Seiten

2013
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-50642-7 (ISBN)

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Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court from 1967 to 1991. He was the first African American to hold that position, and was one of the most influential legal actors of his time. Before being appointed to the Supreme Court by President Lyndon Johnson, Marshall was a lawyer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Federal Judge (1961-1965), and Solicitor General of the United States (1965-1966). Marshall won twenty-nine of thirty-two cases before the Supreme Court – most notably the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education, which held segregated public schools unconstitutional. Marshall spent his career fighting racial segregation and legal inequality, and his time on the court establishing a record for supporting the "voiceless American." He left a legacy of change that still affects American society today.

Through this concise biography, accompanied by primary sources that present Marshall in his own words, students will learn what Marshall did (and did not do) during his life, why those actions were important, and what effects his efforts had on the larger course of American history.

Charles L. Zelden is Professor of History at Nova Southeastern University. He is the author of many books, including Bush v. Gore: Exposing the Hidden Crisis in American Democracy and The Supreme Court and Elections…Into the Political Thicket.

Acknowledgments. Introduction: The Struggle for a More Perfect Union. 1. The Education of Thurgood Marshall 2. "Thurgood's Coming" 3. Social Engineer Lawyer 4. Going for the "Whole Hog" 5. All Deliberate Speed Means S-L-O-W 6. "I AM the Establishment" 7. Not Only the Robe Was Black 8. How Do You Feel About Writing Dissents? Postscript: Thurgood Marshall, Activist Judge. Documents. Note on Sources.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.6.2013
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Historical Americans
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	600 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-415-50642-5 / 0415506425
ISBN-13	978-0-415-50642-7 / 9780415506427
Zustand	Neuware