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Thurgood

Jonah Winter

Thurgood follows Thurgood Marshall from his childhood in segregated Baltimore to his career fighting discrimination. As a young person, Marshall was known for talking, telling jokes, and arguing; he later joined debate teams in high school and college and studied law at Howard University. He became the NAACP’s top lawyer after two years with the organization. The book also covers his becoming the first African American justice on the Supreme Court.

This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.

Book details

Lexile Text Measure
950L
ATOS Book Level
5.6
AR Interest Level
LG
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
1888
Fountas & Pinnell Text Level
W
Themes
Government And Civics · History · Racism And Prejudice · Social Justice
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Anne Schwartz Books
Published
September 3, 2019
Pages
40
ISBN-13
9781524765330
Language
English