TY - BOOK AU - Haygood,Wil TI - Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America SN - 9780307957191 (hardcover) AV - KF8745.M34 H394 2015 U1 - 347.73/2634 23 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Alfred A. Knopf KW - Marshall, Thurgood, KW - United States KW - Supreme Court KW - Officials and employees KW - Selection and appointment KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Judges N1 - 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 ER -