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Marshalling Justice

The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall
Marshalling Justice: The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall. Amistad: HarperCollins. Jan. 2011. 448p. ed. by Michael G. Long. ISBN 9780061985188. $27.99. HIST
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As an NAACP attorney, decades before LBJ appointed him to the Supreme Court, Marshall worked tirelessly against racial discrimination and segregation. This selection of letters reveals the depth and breadth of Marshall's work long before what we consider the start of the Civil Rights Movement.
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