Showdown : Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America / Wil Haygood.
2015
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Author
Title
Showdown : Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America / Wil Haygood.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Call Number
KF8745.M34 H394 2015
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780307957191 (hardcover)
0307957195 (hardcover)
9780385353168 (ebook)
9780307947376 (pbk.)
0307957195 (hardcover)
9780385353168 (ebook)
9780307947376 (pbk.)
Description
viii, 404 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)895500987
Summary
"The author of The Butler presents a revelatory biography of the first African-American Supreme Court justice--one of the giants of the civil rights movement, and one of the most transforming Supreme Court justices of the 20th century,"--Novelist.
Note
"A Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-382) and index.
Record Appears in
Gift
Purchased from the income of the Fisch Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
Prologue
Bound for Room 2228
3
DAY ONE
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1967
1.
The Ghosts of Little Rock
11
2.
Willie and Norma Marshall's Brave Son
31
DAY TWO
FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1967
3.
Battling with a Legendary Country Lawyer
89
4.
A "Philadelphia Negro" Suddenly on Standby
107
5.
Thurgood Marshall and His Southern Hero
119
6.
The Chairman Goes AWOL, and the Hunt Is On for Anti-Marshall Votes
130
7.
"The Jew"
156
8.
The Long Memory of Evangeline Moore
166
DAY THREE
TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1967
9.
Return of the Prosecutors
195
10.
Painful Interruptions for a President and His Nominee
219
11.
Dear Mr. President
232
DAY FOUR
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1967
12.
A Rebel's Last Roar
241
13.
Flames
260
DAY FIVE
MONDAY, JULY 24, 1967
14.
The Constitution
271
15.
Thurgood Marshall's Stand in LBJ's Texas
280
POST-HEARING: JULY 25-AUGUST 30, 1967
16.
A Nominee in Limbo
313
CONFIRMATION: SEPTEMBER 1, 1967
17.
Good Evening, Mr. Justice Marshall
335
EPILOGUE
Requiem for Thurgood
352
Acknowledgments
357
Notes
361
Selected Bibliography
379
Index
383