The highest tribute : Thurgood Marshall's life, leadership, and legacy / written by Kekla Magoon ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.

A picture book portrait of the first Black justice on the Supreme Court, presented by two Coretta Scott King Honor winners, includes coverage of Thurgood Marshall's upbringing in segregated Baltimore, achievements with the NAACP and contributions to landmark equality rulings.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Magoon, Kekla (Author)
Other Authors: Freeman, Laura (Illustrator) (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Marshall, Thurgood, > 1908-1993 > Juvenile literature.
United States. > Supreme Court > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Judges > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American judges > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Minority judges > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Segregation > Juvenile literature.
Racial justice > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights > Juvenile literature.
Marshall, Thurgood, > 1908-1993.
United States. > Supreme Court > Biography.
Judges.
African Americans > Biography.
Picture books.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Juges > États-Unis > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Juges noirs américains > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Noirs américains > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Juges issus des minorités > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Ségrégation > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Justice raciale > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Law & Crime.
United States. > Supreme Court.
African American judges.
African Americans.
Civil rights.
Minority judges.
Racial justice.
Segregation.
United States.
Minorities in the law > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Judges > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Minorities in the law > Biography.
Biography.
Instructional and educational works.
Biographies.
Juvenile works.
Livres d'images.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Biography
Biography.
Biographies
Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Picture books.
Instructional and educational works.
Biographies.
Juvenile works.
Livres d'images.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Format: Book

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