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Title Root and branch : Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the struggle to end segregation / Rawn James, Jr.
Author James, Rawn.
Publication Info. New York : Bloomsbury Press, c2010.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  347.73 JAM    Check Shelves
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
Description 276 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography 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.
Subject 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.
ISBN 9781596916067 (hardcover : alk. paper) : $28.00
1596916060 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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