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Showdown : Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America

2015

Format:	Book
Author:	Haygood, Wil, author.
Title:	Showdown : Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America / Wil Haygood.
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Description:	viii, 404 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
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.
Subjects:	Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993. United States. Supreme Court -- Biography. United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment -- History -- 20th century. Judges -- United States -- Biography. African American judges -- Biography. Judges -- Selection and appointment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Notes:	"A Borzoi Book"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-382) and index.
Contents:	Day One: Thursday, July 13, 1967 -- Day Two: Friday, July 14, 1967 -- Day Three: Tuesday, July 18, 1967 -- Day Four: Wednesday, July 19, 1967 -- Day Five: Monday, july 24, 1967 -- Post-Hearing: July 25-August 30, 7967 -- Confirmation: September 1, 1967 -- Prologue.
LCCN:	2014044440
ISBN:	9780307957191 (hardcover) 0307957195 (hardcover) * 9780307947376 (pbk.)
Other Number:	895500987
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	537116
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Call Number:	347.732634 Marshall

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