Book Review: Showdown - Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America

Shortly after New Year’s Day in 1973, Lyndon Johnson called Thurgood Marshall to say that he was planning to write a book about Marshall’s nomination to the Supreme Court and the bruising confirmation battle that followed. The justice enthusiastically agreed to help with the project. Sadly, their collaboration was not to be. LBJ died on January 22.