Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Book

Author:

James, Rawn, Jr.

Title:

Root and branch : Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the struggle to end segregation / Rawn James, Jr.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher, Date:

New York, N.Y. : Bloomsbury Press, 2010.

Description:

[ix], 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs ; 25 cm

Summary:

"The Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education is widely considered the milestone victory of the civil rights movement, but it was only the culmination of a decades-long legal campaign, brilliantly and relentlessly waged. 'Root and Branch' is the epic story of the two fiercely dedicated lawyers who led that fight, from county courthouses to the marble halls of the Supreme Court"--Page 2 of cover.

Subjects:

Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993.

Houston, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950.

African American judges -- United States -- Biography.

African American law teachers -- United States -- Biography.

Segregation -- United States -- History.

Race discrimination -- United States -- History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Southern justice on trial -- Ambitious, successful, hopeful dreams -- No tea for the feeble -- The social engineers -- South journey children -- The law offices of Thurgood Marshall, Esq. -- Murray v. Maryland -- Don't shout too soon -- Special counsel and assistant counsel -- On the cusp in Missouri -- An outside man -- Hope looms -- Marshall at the helm -- Greenwich railroad bones -- War at home and abroad -- Supreme broken covenant -- Peace of mind -- Root and branch.

LCCN:

2009026497

ISBN:

9781596916067

1596916060

9781608193899

1608193896

Other Number:

401149672

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

258174

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

347.7314 James