1. THURGOOD MARSHALL: THE WRITER.
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Hemingway, Anna, Williams, Starla, Lear, Jennifer, and Fruth, Ann
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BROWN v. Board of Education of Topeka , *AUTHORS ,PAYNE v. Tennessee (Supreme Court case) - Abstract
The article examines the writings of author Thurgood Marshall as a practitioner, a jurist, and a scholar. It reviews his legal career, highlighting his upbringing and education, and reviews the appellate brief he filed in the U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education II. It also explores his 1987 "Harvard Law Review" article, titled "Commentary: Reflections on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution" and his opinion as Supreme Court Justice in Payne v. Tennessee.
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- 2011