Supreme discomfort : the divided soul of Clarence Thomas

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Label

Supreme discomfort : the divided soul of Clarence Thomas

Title remainder

the divided soul of Clarence Thomas

Statement of responsibility

Kevin Merida and Michael A. Fletcher

Creator

• Merida, Kevin

Contributor

• Fletcher, Michael A

Subject

• Judges -- United States -- Biography
• Thomas, Clarence, 1948-
• United States, Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Biography
• African American judges -- Biography | Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile literature
• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

Tracks the personal odyssey of perhaps the least understood man in Washington, from his poor childhood in Pin Point and Savannah, Georgia, to his educational experiences in a Catholic seminary and Holy Cross, to his law school years at Yale during the Black Power era, to his rise within the Republican political establishment. It offers a window into a man who straddles two different worlds and is uneasy in both--and whose divided personality and conservative political philosophy will deeply influence American life for years to come. This book originated from a profile of Clarence Thomas that appeared in The Washington Post Magazine. In it, Merida and Fletcher, both Post staffers, both black, crafted a haunting portrait of an isolated and bitter man, savagely reviled by much of the black community yet not entirely comfortable in white society.--From publisher description

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 347.73/2634
• B

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

KF8745.T48

LC item number

M47 2007

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography