Young Thurgood: The Making of a Supreme Court Justice

By Larry S. Gibson

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Foreword by Thurgood Marshall Jr.

“Young Thurgood is a page-turner. Its compelling story is a must-read for anyone who wishes to understand a great man and the history of the civil right movement. I enthusiastically recommend this book.”

—Charles J. Ogletree Jr., professor of law, Harvard Law School,

Author of The Presumption of Guilt

"A well-researched and engaging biography and a fine addition to Marshall scholarship."

—Kirkus Reviews

“Larry S. Gibson vividly recounts the remarkable journey that shaped one of the most influential icons of the twentieth century.”

—Marc H. Morial, president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League

“A triumph of discovery and restraint, Young Thurgood transports readers into a vivid, indomitable black culture that equipped this legal giant to remake our world.”

—Taylor Branch, historian, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Cartel

“Larry Gibson’s painstaking research has produced a powerful account of Marshall’s formative years and new insight into the early years of the NAACP.”

—Benjamin Jealous, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

“Larry Gibson has written the most accurate book ever published about my husband.”

—Cecilia S. Marshall, wife of Thurgood Marshall

“I commend Professor Gibson’s biography of Thurgood Marshall to every American who wishes to better understand our nation’s ongoing struggle for universal civil rights.”

—Elijah E. Cummings, US Congressperson from Maryland

“The many photographs and other images throughout the book add an energetic dimension to Gibson’s description of Marshall’s world.”

—Ronald M. Shapiro, lawyer, negotiations expert,

New York Times–bestselling author of Dare to Prepare

“Larry Gibson’s thoroughly researched and insightful book about charismatic Thurgood Marshall is a must-read.”

—Elaine R. Jones, former president and director-counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

“Gibson’s fascinating account of Marshall’s early years gives us a better understanding of this extraordinary American, who was one of my personal heroes.”

—Vernon E. Jordan Jr., lawyer, business executive, civil rights leader

“Gibson paints vivid pictures of the people, places, and events that molded the extraordinary lawyer with whom my father and I had the privilege of working.”

—James M. Nabrit III, civil rights lawyer

“Professor Gibson succeeds where others have failed to help us appreciate the forces that shaped the man whose career helped shape the nation.”

—Kurt L. Schmoke, vice president and general counsel of

Howard University

Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 413 (photographs)

ISBN: 978-1-61614-571-2
Shipping Weight: 2lbs

Author Bio:

Larry S. Gibson is a professor of law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in Baltimore, Maryland, where he has been on the faculty for thirty-seven years. He is also a practicing lawyer with the firm of Shapiro, Sher, Guinot, and Sandler. Among his many accomplishments was legislation that renamed Maryland’s major airport the Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.