Marshalling Justice
The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall
1st Edition
Published on 18. January 2011
448 pages
978-0-06-206429-5 (ISBN)
Description
[An] important collection.Michael G. Long deserves high praise indeed for unearthing [Marshalls letters] and bringing them to light.Wil HaygoodCollected together for the first time in Marshalling Justice, here are selected letters written by one of the most influential and important activists in the American Civil Rights movement: the brilliant legal mind and footsoldier for justice and racial equality, Thurgood Marshall. The correspondences of a rebellious young attorney with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Marshalling Justice paints an eye-opening portrait of Thurgood Marshall before he became the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, during his years as a groundbreaking and vibrant Civil Rights activist in the tradition of Martin Luther King and Julian Bond.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- A Note on the Text
- Chapter One - 1935-1936
- Chapter Two - 1937-1938
- Chapter Three - 1939
- Chapter Four - 1940
- Chapter Five - 1941
- Chapter Six - 1942-1943
- Chapter Seven - 1944-1945
- Chapter Eight - 1946
- Chapter Nine - 1947
- Chapter Ten - 1948
- Chapter Eleven - 1949-1950
- Chapter Twelve - 1951
- Chapter Thirteen - 1952-1954
- Chapter Fourteen - 1955-1957
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- A Postscript on the Major Players
- Notes
- Location of Letters
- Index
- Also by Michael G. Long
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
