Juan williams thurgood marshall biography

          A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The definitive biography of the great lawyer and Supreme Court justice, from the bestselling author of Eyes on the Prize.!

          Washington Post correspondent and TV commentator Juan Williams has produced an illuminating look at a true giant of 20th-century American politics.

          Williams retells the story of Thurgood Marshall's successful desegregation of public schools in the U.S. with his victory in the case of Brown v.

          Thurgood Marshall stands today as the great architect of American race relations, having expanded the foundation of individual rights for all Americans.

        1. Thurgood Marshall stands today as the great architect of American race relations, having expanded the foundation of individual rights for all Americans.
        2. Thurgood Marshall stands today as the great architect of American race relations, having expanded the foundation of individual rights for all Americans.
        3. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The definitive biography of the great lawyer and Supreme Court justice, from the bestselling author of Eyes on the Prize.
        4. Thurgood Marshall was one of the key figures of the Civil Rights movement in the United States in the 20th Century.
        5. Williams's book meticulously chronicles the life of Thurgood Marshall from his upbringing in a proud middle class Baltimore family to his rise to the head of.

          6. Board of Education, followed by his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1967 for a 24-year term. But he also recounts how W.E.B. Du Bois, then the head of the NAACP, gave a cold shoulder to the younger Marshall (who eventually helped oust Du Bois from the organization), and describes the tug of war between Marshall and FBI director J.

          Edgar Hoover, as well as the mind games Lyndon Johnson played on Marshall before nominating him for the Supreme Court. Readers also learn about Marshall's relationship with his replacement, Clarence Thomas, which was surprisingly civil given their contrary views on affirmative action.

          Williams has captured many examples of Thurgood Marshall's heroism and humanity i