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As the first African American nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall (1908–93) serves as a transition figure between Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and Barack Obama's presidency. Haygood (media, journalism, and film, Miami Univ.), a journalist for nearly three decades (Boston Globe, Washington Post), is also the author of biographies on Sammy Davis Jr. (In Black and White) and Sugar Ray Robinson (Sweet Thunder); he unde...Log In or Sign Up to Read More