Thurgood

Schwartz & Wade Books 

(Random House Books)
(pub. 9.3.2019) 
40 pages

A True Tale with

A Cherry On Top   

A uthor: Jonah Winter
and illustrator:   
Bryan Collier

 
C haracter: Thurgood Marshall

O verview: 

"FACT: Thurgood Marshall was a born lawyer, always arguing.

FACT: Thurgood Marshall grew up to become the first black justice on the Supreme Court.
  
FACT: Thurgood Marshall revolutionized America.
   
  Before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr., before the civil rights movement, there was Thurgood, fighting for African Americans - and winning. Here is the powerful story of the trailblazer who proved separate is not equal."

T antalizing taste: 
     "As it turned out, this sloppy kid with untucked pockets had a knack for arguing. He became captain of his high school debate team - unparalleled in his debating AND talking skills. He gave epic classroom presentations - so long that his teachers would have to cut him off! No one could outtalk Thurgood - especially once he went to college ..."

And something more: The Author's Note states that "there is no single person in American history who contributed more to the cause of civil rights than Thurgood Marshall in terms of the sheer number of legal rights he secured through court battles.  Starting in 1936 with the University of Maryland case [whereby the law school would have to accept black students] and continuing through the twenty-nine Supreme Court cases he won as the NAACP's top lawyer until 1961; his fourteen Supreme Court victories a Solicitor General, and his profound legacy as a Supreme Court justice, Marshall helped to make America 'a more perfect union,' to quote the U.S. Constitution. He was a giant."