Thurgood Marshall

This book provides a detailed examination of the life and legal legacy of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall including a discussion of the many legal cases in which he was involved.Thurgood Marshall was the first African American Supreme Court Justice. As a lawyer he won the Supreme Court Case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that integrated all public schools in the United States. But Marshall''s contributions extend far beyond significantly advancing the civil rights movement in this nation.Thurgood Marshall: A Biography discusses the life of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in a chronological fashion and then discusses his legacy after death. Students at all grade levelsincluding undergraduate and graduate college studentsas well as historians and general readers interested in African American history civil rights or the U.S. legal system will find this book insightful and useful.