Marshalling Justice: The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall - Tapa dura

This important collection of Thurgood Marshall letters vividly illustrates the constant motion of his legal mind - and heart - as he soldiered so bravely in pursuit of equal justice. Michael G. Long deserves high praise indeed for unearthing and bringing them to light. --Wil Haygood, author of King of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

"The approximately 200 letters and memoranda reproduced here give a comprehensive overview of Marshall's role in 'galvanizing the civil rights movement'. . . . Inspiring. . . . A nuanced treatment of a towering figure."--Kirkus Reviews

"This selection of letters reveals the depth and breadth of Marshall's work long before what we consider the start of the Civil Rights Movement."--Library Journal

"This important collection of Thurgood Marshall letters vividly illustrates the constant motion of his legal mind - and heart - as he soldiered so bravely in pursuit of equal justice. Michael G. Long deserves high praise indeed for unearthing and bringing them to light."--Wil Haygood, author of King of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

"Thoroughly illuminating. . . . These letters offer a welcome and readable inner glimpse into [Marshall's] work."--Publishers Weekly

"This fascinating collection . . . sheds light on the emergence of the modern civil rights movement and highlights Marshall's contributions to the movement's development prior to Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrival on the national stage."--Cincinnati Herald

"[E]nlightening. . . . Lawyers will read this book in total awe of Marshall's accomplishments. It reads like a panoramic, at times kaleidoscopic history of race in America. . . . Long's collection of Marshall's record of work is beyond impressive."--Washington Lawyer

""Marshalling Justice" . . . allows us to see more clearly the trail this legendary litigator blazed for civil rights."--USA Today

"This important collection of Thurgood Marshall's letters poignantly shows the constant motion of his legal mind - and heart - as he soldiered so bravely in pursuit of equal justice. Michael G. Long deserves high praise indeed for unearthing and bringing them to light."--Wil Haygood, author of King of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

"[Marshall's] letters are plenty fascinating. Not to mention heartbreaking. . . . [Long] has done a wonderful job researching and editing and reminding us of how much we owe to all of our forebears, and this one in particular."--Louisville Courier Journal

Collects for the first time the selected letters of Thurgood Marshall, who was at the forefront of the civil-rights movement, arguing Brown v. Board of Education, and went on to become the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court, in a book that covers the period from 1935 to 1947. 15,000 first printing.