Thurgood Marshall

Supreme Court Justice

The Black American Journey
  • Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 7
  • Reading Level: Grade 5

A biography of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American to be named to the U.S. Supreme Court, discussing his childhood and family, his college years and marriage, his career as a lawyer and Civil Rights champion, his appointment to the Court, and his legacy. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, informative captions and sidebars, a phonetic glossary,a time line, a Think-About-It section, and an index.

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Interest Level Grade 4 - Grade 7
Reading Level Grade 5
Genre Nonfiction
Category Social Studies
Copyright 2022
Publisher The Child's World, Inc.
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2021-08-01
BISACS JNF007020, JNF007050, JNF018010
Dewey 920
Graphics Full-color photographs, Historical photographs
Dimensions 8 x 9.5
Lexile 780
Guided Reading Level W
ATOS Reading Level 5.3
ATOS Interest Level MG
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 512357
Accelerated Reader® Points 1.0
Features Educational front/back matter, Glossary of key words, Index, Informative sidebars, Phonetics, Photo captions, Sources for further research, Suggested websites, and Table of contents
Online Resources


  • From Troublemaker to Honor Student
  • Lawyer and Civil Rights Champ
  • The Supreme Court
  • Thurgood Marshall’s Legacy
  • Think About It
  • Time Line
  • Glossary
  • Further Information
  • Index
Author: Carla Williams

Carla Williams is a writer and photographer. Although she no longer has time to take pictures, she does write a lot about photography. So far she has co-written two books on the history of photography, as well as numerous articles and essays about photography, art, and culture. In 2002 she was a Rockefeller Fellow in the Humanities at Stanford University, where she worked on a biographical writing project about Maudelle Bass, an artist's model and dancer from the 1930s through the 1950s. Uniting her love of photographs, research, and history, Carla has created a family tree website, with her older sister. Through it they have met many relatives they didn't even know existed! In her free time Carla loves to read mysteries and is thinking about creating a series of mysteries based on photographs. Her dream job is to be a ghost writer.