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No Call To Glory: Thurgood Marshall's Thesis On The Intent Of A Pro-Slavery Constitution, Raymond T. Diamond
No Call To Glory: Thurgood Marshall's Thesis On The Intent Of A Pro-Slavery Constitution, Raymond T. Diamond
Vanderbilt Law Review
Thurgood Marshall sits as an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court, the only black person ever to do so. Before taking that office he served as the Solicitor General of the United States and as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In these offices he has been called upon to bring his powers of judgment to bear on a multitude of matters concerning this Nation's Constitution. His views on the Constitution, therefore, cannot be easily dismissed.
The 200th anniversary of the Constitution was not only a time of celebration, but also …