Thurgood Marshall

<b>A <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>NOTABLE BOOK &#149;&#160;The definitive biography of the great lawyer and Supreme Court justice from the bestselling author of <i>Eyes on the Prize</i></b><br><b>&#160;</b><br><b>&#147;Magisterial . . . in Williams&#146; richly detailed portrait Marshall emerges as a born rebel.&#148;&#151;Jack E. White <i>Time</i></b><br><i>&#160;</i><br>Thurgood Marshall was the twentieth century&#146;s great architect of American race relations. His victory in the <i>Brown v. Board of Education </i>decision the landmark Supreme Court case outlawing school segregation in the United States would have made him a historic figure even if he had never been appointed as the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court. He had a fierce will to change America which led to clashes with Martin Luther King Jr. Malcom X and Robert F. Kennedy. Most surprising was Marshall&#146;s secret and controversial relationship with the FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover.<br>&#160;<br>Based on eight years of research and interviews with over 150 sources <i>Thurgood Marshall</i> is the sweeping and inspirational story of an enduring figure in American life who rose from the descendants of slaves to become an American hero.