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Thurgood
Contributor(s): Winter, Jonah (Author), Collier, Bryan (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 1524765333     ISBN-13: 9781524765330
Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2018053004
Age Level: 5-9
Grade Level: Kindergarten-4
Lexile Measure: 950(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 10.1" W x 10.1" L (1.10 lbs) 40 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2019
Publishers Weekly 07/15/2019
Booklist 08/01/2019 pg. 50
School Library Journal 09/01/2019 pg. 142
Shelf Awareness 09/06/2019
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2019
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2019 pg. 122
 
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Publisher Description:
Thurgood Marshall--the first black justice on the Supreme Court and a giant of the civil rights movement--jumps to life in this inspiring picture-book biography from an award-winning author and six-time Coretta Scott King, four-time Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator.

Thurgood Marshall was a born lawyer--the loudest talker, funniest joke teller, and best arguer from the time he was a kid growing up in Baltimore in the early 1900s. He would go on to become the star of his high school and college debate teams, a stellar law student at Howard University, and, as a lawyer, a one-man weapon against the discriminatory laws against black Americans. After only two years at the NAACP, he was their top lawyer and had earned himself the nickname Mr. Civil Rights. He argued--and won--cases before the Supreme Court, including one of the most important cases in American history: Brown v Board of Education. And he became the first black U.S. Supreme Court Justice in history.

Like its subject, here is a biography that crackles with energy and intensity--a great introduction to a great man.

A Washington Post Best Book of the Year
A Bank Street Best Book of the Year
A Booklist Youth Editor's Choice Selection
A Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature's Best Book

 
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