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"The memoir of Judge John Charles Thomas, who was the youngest and the first African American justice to serve on the Supreme Court of Virginia. He tells of his early years in Norfolk, his time at the University of Virginia, where he earned his bachelor and law degrees, his time working for the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thomas, John Charles, 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2022.
Temas:
Thomas, John Charles, > 1950-
Virginia. > Supreme Court.
Virginia. > Supreme Court
Judges > Virginia > Biography.
African American judges > Virginia > Biography.
Juges noirs américains > Virginie > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
African American judges
Judges
Virginia
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The first and the youngest
  • Injury, poetry, and childhood
  • Education, racism, and meeting JFK
  • Family life, integration, and broken glass
  • Survival, resilience, and bible school
  • Real jobs, life lessons, and humiliation
  • Segregated schools, role models, and leadership
  • White school and surprises
  • UVA and isolation
  • Leadership and conflict at UVA
  • Going on television, graduating, and law school
  • Studying law and being a law clerk
  • Finishing law school, passing the bar, and working at Hunton
  • The white firm, all-nighters, and brilliance
  • Cocktail parties, making partner, and getting married
  • The life of a Justice, a brain tumor, and leaving the court
  • Wrestling with Jefferson and confronting racism
  • World travel and lecturing at West Point
  • The poetic justice and Carnegie Hall.

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