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Thurgood Marshall
By Crowe, Chris
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-67006-228-7
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Viking, c2008.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2008
Gr 7-Up Crowe opens by describing the restrictions that circumscribed the lives of African Americans, including Marshall, before and during the civil rights era, and then covers his childhood, education, and professional years. The author devotes several chapters to the man's brave and dedicated legal work for the NAACP, his strategy in the 1954 "Brown vs. Board of Education" case, and hi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
With casual yet informed narrative voices, these biographies offer insight into three well-known public figures, providing multifaceted understandings and allowing readers to form their own ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
