Marshalling Justice - The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall - E-book - ePub

"[An] important collection.. Michael G. Long deserves high praise indeed for unearthing [Marshall's letters] and bringing them to light."-Wil HaygoodCollected together for the first time in Marshalling Justice, here are selected letters written by one of the most influential and important activists in the American Civil Rights movement: the brilliant legal mind and footsoldier for justice and racial equality, Thurgood Marshall.
The correspondences of a rebellious young attorney with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Marshalling Justice paints an eye-opening portrait of Thurgood Marshall before he became the first African American to serve on the U. S. Supreme Court, during his years as a groundbreaking and vibrant Civil Rights activist in the tradition of Martin Luther King and Julian Bond.