Supreme discomfort : the divided soul of Clarence Thomas / Kevin Merida and Michael A. Fletcher.
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
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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Table of Contents
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.
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.