Let the Law Catch Up: Thurgood Marshall in His Own Words - Softcover

 
9781566494137: Let the Law Catch Up: Thurgood Marshall in His Own Words
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1566494133 ISBN 13: 9781566494137
Publisher: Welcome Rain Publishers,US, 2022

Synopsis

In January 2021, as Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president of the United States, she lay her hand on a Bible that had belonged to her hero Thurgood Marshall. A courageous and brilliant lawyer and jurist, Marshall won the 1954 Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, ending legal racial segregation in America-a significant step in the continuing struggle of Black Americans for equal treatment in their own country. In 1967, Marshall became the first Black Supreme Court justice, and he continues to inspire decades after his death.

This accessible collection of Marshall's own words spans his entire career, from his fearless advocacy with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in the 1940s and 1950s, to his arguments as the first Black solicitor general under LBJ and his Supreme Court opinions and dissents. Introductions to the writings provide historical and legal context.

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About the Author

Cathy Cambron, JD, is a lawyer, editor, and writer. She previously edited and wrote an introduction for The Way Women Are: Transformative Opinions and Dissents of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Welcome Rain, 2020). Cathy lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

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Publisher
Welcome Rain Publishers,US
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1566494133
ISBN 13 
9781566494137
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
256
Editor
Cambron Cathy