Justice for All: The Legacy of Thurgood Marshall

The name Thurgood Marshall may not be as well-known outside the United States as that of his fellow civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. And yet, Marshall’s achievement in demolishing the legal structure that sustained racial segregation in the American South advanced the civil rights cause as profoundly as the nonviolent protests led by King. “No other American did more to lead our country out of the wilderness of segregation than Thurgood Marshall,” said his fellow Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell.

This book tells about Thurgood Marshall, who stands as one of the great American heroes of the 20th century: He was the attorney who ended legal segregation in the United States with his victory in the Brown v. Board of Education case, and the U.S. Supreme Court justice who championed expanded rights for every individual American -- minorities, women, and immigrants, among many others.