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Before He Was Thurgood

Before He Was Thurgood

Weatherford, Carole Boston
James, Gordon C.

Hardcover

BiographyGeneral Juvenile Nonfiction

Publisher Price: $19.99

PREORDER - Expected ship date January 5, 2027

ISBN10: 1547601779
ISBN13: 9781547601776
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jan 5 2027
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 10.04 Depth: 10.04
Language: English

The empowering story of how Thurgood Marshall's childhood paved the way for his future as the first African American Supreme Court Justice.

Before he opened his first law book, Thurgood Marshall was a prankster in school, trying his teachers' patience and doing only enough work to get by. Before he waged war against injustice, Thurgood watched his uncles go off to World War I and return to a country that refused to honor them. Before he represented underdogs in court, Thurgood watched the police station outside his classroom window, seeing the officers' brutal treatment of Black prisoners. Before he made history as the first African American Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall was a normal kid with a quick wit, inquiring mind, and ready rebuttal. No one told him that he could be a lawyer. But his family and teachers shaped him into one.

Young People's Poet Laureate and Children's Literature Legacy Award winner Carole Boston Weatherford and award-winning illustrator Gordon C. James tell the inspiring true story of how one tough, compassionate, gutsy boy grew up to become a groundbreaker, history-maker, and all-around legend.

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