Mark V. Tushnet Books
Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1936-1961
From the 1930s to the early 1960s civil rights law was made primarily through constitutional litigation. Before Rosa Parks could ignite a Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Supreme Court had to strike dow...
Read MoreMaking Constitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1961-1991: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1961-91
Making Constitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1961-1991 focuses on the second half of a brilliant and unique career. When tapped by LBJ in 1967 to ascend to the High Court, th...
Read MoreBrown v. Board of Education
Describes the people playing major roles in the battle for desegregation, the smaller court cases that led up to Brown v. The Board of Education, and the results and repercussions of the case.
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