@article{317847, recid = {317847}, author = {Merida, Kevin. and Fletcher, Michael A.}, title = {Supreme discomfort : the divided soul of Clarence Thomas /}, publisher = {Doubleday,}, address = {New York :}, pages = {viii, 422 p. :}, year = {2007}, abstract = {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.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/317847}, }