{"product_id":"thurgood-9781524765330","title":"Thurgood","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThurgood Marshall--the first black justice on the Supreme Court and a giant of the civil rights movement--jumps to life in this inspiring picture-book biography from an award-winning author and six-time Coretta Scott King, four-time Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThurgood Marshall was a born lawyer--the loudest talker, funniest joke teller, and best arguer from the time he was a kid growing up in Baltimore in the early 1900s. He would go on to become the star of his high school and college debate teams, a stellar law student at Howard University, and, as a lawyer, a one-man weapon against the discriminatory laws against black Americans. After only two years at the NAACP, he was their top lawyer and had earned himself the nickname Mr. Civil Rights. He argued--and won--cases before the Supreme Court, including one of the most important cases in American history: \u003ci\u003eBrown v Board of Education\u003c\/i\u003e. And he became the first black U.S. Supreme Court Justice in history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike its subject, here is a biography that crackles with energy and intensity--a great introduction to a great man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA Bank Street Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003eYouth Editor's Choice Selection\u003cbr\u003eA Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature's Best Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJonah Winter is the award-winning author of more than forty nonfiction picture books that promote environmental awareness and social and racial justice. Among them are \u003ci\u003eHere Comes the Garbage Barge!\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRuth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMy Name is James Madison Hemings\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBarack\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Founding Fathers!\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eLillian's Right to Vote\u003c\/i\u003e, a Jane Addams Children's Book Award recipient and Kirkus Prize finalist. Visit him at jonahwinter.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBryan Collier has won four Caldecott Honors, for \u003ci\u003eR\u003c\/i\u003eos\u003ci\u003ea\u003c\/i\u003e by Nikki Giovanni, \u003ci\u003eMartin's Big Words \u003c\/i\u003eby Doreen Rappaport, \u003ci\u003eTrombone Shorty \u003c\/i\u003eby Troy Andrews, and \u003ci\u003eDave the Potter\u003c\/i\u003e by Laban Carack Hill. His first book, \u003ci\u003eUptown\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Coretta Scott King Award and the Ezra Jack Keats Award, . He has won five more Coretta Scott King Awards for \u003ci\u003eRosa; Knock, Knock \u003c\/i\u003eby Daniel Beaty; \u003ci\u003eDave the Potter; Trombone Shorty\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eI, Too, Am America\u003c\/i\u003e by Langston Hughes, and three Coretta Scott King Honors. Visit him at bryancollier.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anne Schwartz Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50418372772114,"sku":"9781524765330","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c6f51f2c-9590-4767-b884-c9242b10ba45.jpg?v=1729470994","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thurgood-9781524765330","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}