Showdown : Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America / Wil Haygood.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015Description: viii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780307957191 (hardcover)
- 347.73/2634 23
- KF8745.M34 H394 2015
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-382) and index.
The ghosts of Little Rock -- Willie and Norma Marshall's brave son -- Battling with a legendary country lawyer -- A "Philadelphia Negro" suddenly on standby -- Thurgood Marshall and his Southern hero -- The chairman goes AWOL, and the hunt is on for anti-Marshall votes -- "The Jew" -- The long memory of Evangeline Moore -- Return of the prosecutors -- Painful interruptions for a president and his nominee -- Dear Mr. President -- A rebel's last roar -- Flames -- The Constitution -- Thurgood Marshall's stand in LBJ's Texas -- A nominee in limbo -- Good evening, Mr. Justice Marshall.