Supreme Justice: Speeches and Writings: Thurgood Marshall

by Thurgood Marshall and J. Clay Smith Jr.

Book Overview

To understand fully the complexities of Thurgood Marshall's work as a practicing lawyer, civil rights advocate for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, federal judge, and the first African American appointed Solicitor General of the United States and Justice of the United States Supreme Court, these texts are indispensable.

The early speeches assembled by J. Clay Smith, Jr., focus on the Detroit riots of the 1940s and 1950s, one of the most important...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812236904
• ISBN13: 9780812236903
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"