BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL, MS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Even as a boy, Thurgood Marshall saw things that were unfair, he wanted to change them - he started by changing the spelling of his name. Joining the debate team in high school taught himto work with a team to win an argument, attended law school - at Howard University, worked with the NAACP and soon began to fight unfair laws, including school segregation - all the way to the Supreme Court. He was appointed to be a judge by President Kennedy, was President Johnson's solicitor general, and sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice in 1967.
So text friendly - the pages are more picture than text, and the illustrations provide more detail and context. I loved how Marshall is represented mostly with others (as he didn't work alone) and my favorite illustration was 7 different Thurgood Marshalls arguing cases before the Supreme Court. Includes a timeline, bibliography and summary of some of the major court cases Marshall worked on. A great short biography of a very important lawyer and judge.
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