Description
- Author: Juan Williams
- Title: Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary
- Publisher: Times Books, Random House, New York
- Year: 1998
- Edition: First edition
- Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
- Pages: 480
- ISBN: 9780812920284
- Condition: Near Fine; appears unread. Dust jacket protected in Brodart.
Description
Before becoming the first Black justice on the United States Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall fought segregation through a sustained campaign of legal challenges. Juan Williams follows Marshall’s life from his Baltimore upbringing through his work with the NAACP, his role in Brown v. Board of Education, and his service on the nation’s highest court.
The biography examines both the public advocate and the man behind the cases: his relationships, political judgments, determination, and belief that constitutional protections could be made meaningful for people denied equal treatment.
Williams, also the author of Eyes on the Prize, places Marshall’s career within the broader struggle for civil rights. The book connects courtroom victories with the personal risks and years of preparation behind them.