A biography of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American to be named to the U.S. Supreme Court, discussing his childhood and family, his college years and marriage, his career as a lawyer and Civil Rights champion, his appointment to the Court, and his legacy.
This non-fiction biography is about Thurgood Marshall's life span and his journey to becoming a supreme court justice. It talks about how Marshall began as a trouble maker in his younger days but turned his life around and became an honor student and later on in life becoming the first African American appointed to the U.S. supreme court. This book can be used to teach older grades about political vocabulary. The book contains a glossary that defines the terms, so it could also be used to teach about using references to look up information.