[PDF] The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero - Peter S. Canellos

The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero

By : Peter S. Canellos

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The ?superb? (The Guardian) biography of an American who stood against all the forces of Gilded Age America to fight for civil rights and economic freedom: Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan.They say that history is written by the victors. But not in the case of the most famous dissenter on the Supreme Court. Almost a century after his death, John Marshall Harlan?s words helped end segregation and gave us our civil rights and our modern economic freedom. But his legacy would not have been possible without the courage of Robert Harlan, a slave who John?s father raised like a son in the same household. After the Civil War, Robert emerges as a political leader. With Black people holding power in the Republican Party, it is Robert who helps John land his appointment to the Supreme Court. At first, John is awed by his fellow justices, but the country is changing. Northern whites are prepared to take away black rights to appease the South. Giant trusts are monopolizing entire

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Author : Peter S. Canellos

Pages : 624 pages

Publisher : Simon Schuster

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ISBN-10 : 1501188208

ISBN-13 : 9781501188206

 
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