Supreme discomfort : the divided soul of Clarence Thomas / Kevin Merida and Michael A. Fletcher.
Merida, Kevin.; Fletcher, Michael A.
2007
KF8745.T48 M47 2007 (Mapit)
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Title Supreme discomfort : the divided soul of Clarence Thomas / Kevin Merida and Michael A. Fletcher.
Author Merida, Kevin.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780385510806
0385510802
Publication Details New York : Doubleday, c2007.
Language English
Description viii, 422 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number KF8745.T48 M47 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification 347.73/2634 B
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-407) and index.
Added Author Fletcher, Michael A.
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Courting venom : being Clarence Thomas
The Pin Point myth
The Savannah reality
Myers, Leola, and Emma
"Radical" times
The making of a conservative
Meteoric rise
Who lied?
The aftermath : Thomas's love affair with the right
Cruel and unusual punishment
Marshall's footprints
Inside the court
Silent justice
Scalia's clone?
The quiet, anonymous life
Expectations.

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