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James, Rawn.

Root and Branch : Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation / Rawn James, Jr. - New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2010. - 288 pages

Includes bibliographical references.

Southern justice on trial -- Ambitious, successful, hopeful dreams -- No tea for the feeble -- The social engineers -- South journey children -- The law offices of Thurgood Marshall, Esq. -- Murray v. the University of Maryland -- Don't shout too soon -- Special counsel and assistant counsel -- On the cusp in Kansas City -- An outside man -- Hope looms -- Marshall at the helm -- Greenwich railroad bones -- War home and abroad -- Supreme broken covenant -- Peace of mind -- Root and branch.

ISBN: 9781596916067 1596916060

LCCN: 2009026497

Subjects--Personal Names:
Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993.
Houston, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950.
Houston, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950.
Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African American judges--United States--Biography.
African American law teachers--United States--Biography.
Segregation--History.--United States
Race discrimination--History.--United States
African American judges.
African American law teachers.
Race discrimination.
Segregation.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Subjects--Index Terms: Racism Political Change Human Dignity Social Justice Racial Relations Segregation

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.
History.

LC Class. No.: KF372 / .J36 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 347.73/140922 B