A Defiant Life
Thurgood Marshall and the Persistence of Racism in America
$44.00
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
17 April 2001
Summary
Thurgood Marshall’s extraordinary contribution to civil rights and overcoming racism is more topical than ever, as the national debate on race and the overturning of affirmative action policies make headlines nationwide. Howard Ball, author of eighteen books on the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary, has done copious research for this incisive biography to present an authoritative portrait of Marshall the jurist.
Born to a middle-class black family in “Jim Crow” Baltimore at the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780676806663 |
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| ISBN-10: | 067680666X |
| Author: | Howard Ball |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 17 April 2001 |
| Weight: | 686g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 25mm |
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About The Author
Howard Ball
Howard Ball, professor of political science and University Scholar at the University of Vermont, is a leading expert on the U.S. Supreme Court. He is the author of eighteen previous books and dozens of articles in leading political science journals and law reviews. He lives in Richmond, Vermont, with his wife, Carol, their dogs, Max and Casey, and a quarterhorse named Stormin’ Norman. Their three daughters, Melissa, Sheryl, and Sue, visit on occasion.
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