Juan Williams has been a political analyst and national correspondent for The Washington Post for twenty-one years. He has written for Fortune,The Atlantic Monthly, Ebony, GQ, and Newsweek, for which he is a regular columnist. Mr. Williams has earned widespread critical acclaim for a series of documentaries, including one that won him an Emmy Award. His numerous and frequent television appearances include Oprah, Nightline, Washington Week in Review, CNN's Crossfire (where he often served as co-host), and Capitol Gang Sunday. Currently a regular panelist on Fox News Sunday, he lives in Washington, D.C.
"Marshall's life was a seminal one for twentieth-century American
history, and it is well told in Mr. Williams's readable and
important book."--The New York Times
"This is a must-read for all Americans concerned with the struggle
for civil and individual rights."--Booklist (Editors' Choice,
1998)
"Engaging--remarkable in its vivid and detailed account of its
subject."--The Washington Post Book World
"Magisterial." --Time magazine
"Marshall's life was a seminal one for twentieth-century American
history, and it is well told in Mr. Williams's readable and
important book."--The New York Times
"This is a must-read for all Americans concerned with the struggle
for civil and individual rights."--Booklist (Editors' Choice,
1998)
"Engaging--remarkable in its vivid and detailed account of its
subject."--The Washington Post Book World
"Magisterial." --Time magazine
It was a cold Sunday afternoon when Thurgood Marshall died at age 84, reports Williams, a national correspondent for the Washington Post and author of Eyes on the Prize (LJ 1/15/87), in this revealing portrait of the late Supreme Court justice. It was also the end of a legend and of an important era in Civil Rights history. Marshall lived life to the fullest, with his drinking, partying, and womanizing. But as legal counsel for the NAACP, he fought diligently to end school segregation, winning the most important case of the century, Brown v. Board of Education, which ended the legal separation of black and white children in public schools. He promoted affirmative action and battled racist politicians, lawyers, and judges in the South. Less admirably, though, Marshall kept secret ties to FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover, both to protect himself from investigation and to prevent his being linked with radicals like Malcolm X or even Martin Luther King Jr., whom he despised. This is a well-researched, fascinating biography despite some tedious legal details. (See also Carl Rowan's Dream Makers, Dream Breakers, LJ 2/15/93.) Recommended for law and black history collections.‘Ann Burns, "Library Journal"
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