Marshalling Justice: The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall

Long, Michael G.

ISBN 10: 006198518X / ISBN 13: 9780061985188

Published by Amistad, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Marshalling Justice: The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall
• Publisher: Amistad
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006198518X
• ISBN 13: 9780061985188
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

“[An] important collection….Michael G. Long deserves high praise indeed for unearthing [Marshall’s letters] and bringing them to light.”
—Wil Haygood

Collected 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.

About the Author

Michael G. Long is an associate professor of religious studies and peace and conflict studies at Elizabethtown College and is the author or editor of several books on civil rights, religion, and politics in mid-century America, including First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson and Billy Graham and the Beloved Community: America's Evangelist and the Dream of Martin Luther King, Jr. He holds a Ph.D. from Emory University in Atlanta and resides in Highland Park, Pennsylvania.