Thurgood Marshall

by Chris Crowe

Book Overview

Thurgood Marshall changed American history by challenging it. In the first half of the twentieth century, African Americans were often treated as second-class citizens and subject to Jim Crow laws, which promoted both racism and segregation. This is the world that Marshall grew up in, and he became a lawyer to change it. As the head counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), he helped take the famous Brown...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670062286
• ISBN13: 9780670062287
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Viking Children's Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher