Root and branch charles hamilton houston thurgood marshall and the struggle to end segregation james jr rawn isbn 9781608193899 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Because root and branch is written in clear lively prose and draws in its reader from dramatic events and compelling stories of people involved in the civil rights movement from legal visionaries thurgood marshall and charles houston to the young african american school girls who were not interested in a movement but simply craved a decent education it is both inspiring and entertaining. Root and branch is the compelling story of the fiercely committed lawyers that constructed the legal foundation for what we now call the civil rights movement charles hamilton houston laid the. Charles hamilton houston laid the groundwork reinventing the law school at howard university where he taught a young brash thurgood marshall and becoming special counsel to the naacp later houston and marshall traveled through the south often at great personal risk chipping away case by case at the legal foundations of racial oppression. Root and branch is the epic story of the two fiercely dedicated lawyers who led that fight from county courthouses to the marble halls of the supreme court page 2 of cover the supreme courts decision in brown v board of education is widely considered the milestone victory of the civil rights movement but it was only the culmination of a decades long legal campaign brilliantly and