Library Children's Book Review- The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy
Written by Kekla Magoon and illustrated by Laura Freeman
Review submitted by the Library Committee
This is a must read children’s book!
The writing, the illustrations, and the accomplishments of Thurgood Marshall will engage readers from the first page to the last. There are so many fun facts about him, starting with how he changed his name in second grade because he knew he wanted to fight for fairness and do good in the world.
As a young boy growing up in Baltimore, he was made to read the Constitution of the United States as a punishment for misbehaving in school. It backfired when he read about all people being equal under the law, and he decided to become a lawyer. When he was barred from attending the University of Maryland Law School, Thurgood was even more determined to change laws that discriminated against Black and Brown people. As an adult, he later won the legal case that desegregated the law school. Thurgood Marshall’s determination to make all Americans equal under the law led him to win many legal changes to the segregationist laws. In 1967, he was the first Black person to become a Supreme Court Justice.
Visit Stony Run's Library this January to see the book display about the Civil Rights Movement in the United States honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.