“Thank Michael G. Long for bringing to a wider public . . . [this] well-edited collection of Marshall’s letters.” — Kenneth J. Cooper, Boston Globe
“The approximately 200 letters and memoranda reproduced here give a comprehensive overview of Marshall’s role in ‘galvanizing the civil rights movement’. . . . Inspiring. . . . A nuanced treatment of a towering figure.” — Kirkus Reviews
“[Marshall’s] letters are plenty fascinating. Not to mention heartbreaking. . . . [Long] has done a wonderful job researching and editing and reminding us of how much we owe to all of our forebears, and this one in particular.” — Louisville Courier Journal
“An inside look at the personality, experiences and business interactions of the man who would become the first black Supreme Court Justice.” — Sister to Sister
“[E]nlightening. . . . Lawyers will read this book in total awe of Marshall’s accomplishments. It reads like a panoramic, at times kaleidoscopic history of race in America. . . . Long’s collection of Marshall’s record of work is beyond impressive.” — Washington Lawyer
“This selection of letters reveals the depth and breadth of Marshall’s work long before what we consider the start of the Civil Rights Movement.” — Library Journal
“Thoroughly illuminating. . . . These letters offer a welcome and readable inner glimpse into [Marshall’s] work.” — Publishers Weekly
“Marshalling Justice . . . allows us to see more clearly the trail this legendary litigator blazed for civil rights.” — USA Today
“This important collection of Thurgood Marshall’s letters poignantly shows the constant motion of his legal mind - and heart - as he soldiered so bravely in pursuit of equal justice. Michael G. Long deserves high praise indeed for unearthing and bringing them to light.” — Wil Haygood, author of King of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
“Long has done the world a service. . . . The Marshall letters he has unearthed paint a vivid portrait of an unwavering warrior. . . . Marshalling Justice reminds us of how much can be learned from the collected correspondence of a great man. ” — Kevin Merida, national editor of the Washington Post and co-author of Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas
“[These] letters vividly illustrate what life was like for African Americans in the mid-twentieth century and what it was like to be the nation’s most important civil rights lawyer. As good a way to get to know Marshall the man and his life as there is.” — Mark Tushnet, author of Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1956-61
