Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court

by Deborah Kent

Narrates the life of the first African American to serve as a judge on the United States Supreme Court

32 pages, Library Binding

First published September 1, 1996

About the author

Deborah Kent was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Little Falls. She graduated from Oberlin College and received a master's degree from Smith College School for Social Work. For four years, she was a social worker at University Settlement House on New York's Lower East Side. In 1975, Ms. Kent moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she wrote her first young-adult novel, Belonging. In San Miguel, Ms. Kent helped to found the Centro de Crecimiento, a school for children with disabilities. Ms. Kent is the author of numerous young-adult novels and nonfiction titles for children. She lives in Chicago with her husband, children's author R. Conrad Stein, and their daughter, Janna.

Reviews

[Nancy Lane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Getting on the Supreme court has been a journey for more than 1 person...especially when the politicians vote along party lines. this is also the story of equality for all which we still have not reached. Reinforces how messed up our country has (and still is) been

[Hanna Mammo · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was about the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. It begins with Marshalls stance of the Brown vs. Board of Education to his passing in 1993. This book tells of all his most important cases, and of his struggles as the first African-American Supreme Court Justice. I would use this book as a way to merge social studies with writing. I would incorporate this book when teaching my students of different types of writing, such as biographies and autobiographies.