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Title: Thurgood Marshall : American Revolutionary by Juan Williams ISBN: 0-8129-3299-4 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Gave Me Appreciation of "Other" Part of Civil Rights History
Comment: I (like many people, I bet) usually think of the civil rights struggle mostly in terms of Martin Luther King and bus boycots. This book tells the story of the legal battles that were mainly lead by Thurgood Marshall leading up to and including Brown vs Board of Ed that ended "separate but equal" and the cases after. The book follows Marshall's life to his appointment to a judgeship, the Solicitor General in LBJ's administration to his time on the Supreme Court. However, I found the time period from post WWII to the 60's as the most interesting. The importance of these legal battles is often forgotten. I guess it took MLK to really turn the nation's hearts, but Thurgood was the one who changed the laws. Williams does not deify Marshall and discusses his shortcomings - he was a heavy drinker, cheated on his wives and he his behaviour would be considered sexual harassment today. I am very glad that I expanded my knowledge of the history of the civil rights struggle by reading this book
Rating: 5
Summary: An incredible account of an amazing life
Comment: This is one of the most wonderful books I ever read. Thurgood Marshall is one of the most dynamic figures of the Civil Rights Movement. Williams not only gives an excellent and engaging account of Marshall's life, he represents the time in a manner that easily imagined. I was not alive during this period of time, but reading Williams' book made me feel as though I had experienced it. So often, when an author truly likes and admires his subject, the work that results is biased and not well-rounded. You can tell when you are reading something that is one-sided and too tributory to be accurate. Williams' admiration for this great man shines through in his book; however, it is by no means a song to Marshall. Williams' is fair in his dedication to not only Marshall's courage and brilliance, but also his fallibility and humanity. This is what brings the history to life. When you finish reading this book, you will feel as though you know Thurgood Marshall.
Rating: 5
Summary: A facinating look at a man who helped set things right...
Comment: Juan's engaging and highly readable book may not be a "comprehensive" Marshall reference, belabored with extensive footnotes & references, but persons interested in Civil Rights, or American history will find the man Turgood Marshall compelling & complex, and the book enjoyable and very informative.
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Title: Thurgood Marshall by Thurgood Marshall, Mark V. Tushnet, Randall Kennedy ISBN: 1556523866 Publisher: Lawrence Hill & Co Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 by Juan Williams ISBN: 0140096531 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 1988 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Sexual Harassment of Working Women: A Case of Sex Discrimination by Catharine A. MacKinnon, Thomas I. Emerson ISBN: 0300022999 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 1986 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System by David Cole ISBN: 1565845668 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Buffalo Creek Disaster : How the survivors of one of the worst disasters in coal-mining history broughtsuit against the coal company--and won by Gerald M. Stern ISBN: 0394723430 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: 12 February, 1977 List Price(USD): $10.20 |
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