Thurgood Marshall

Teri Kanefield

eBook - 2020

This biography for young readers examines the life of a brilliant lawyer who successfully argued the case that ended legal racial segregation in America.Thurgood Marshall, the great grandson of a slave, was born at a time when African Americans were denied equal rights in America. Segregation was legal. Lynching was common. In some places, African Americans were entirely excluded from public life; they were forbidden to enter public parks and museums or use public swimming pools and restrooms.After being denied admission to the University of Maryland Law School because of his race, Marshall enrolled at Howard University. He graduated first in his class and set out as a young lawyer determined to achieve equality for all Americans. Here is t...he story of how he did it—how he devised his legal strategy for expanding "we the people" to include all people.Thurgood Marshall explores the life of the brilliant lawyer who successfully argued the case that ended... more