ShowdownBy: Wil Haygood Over the course of his forty year career, Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate but equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this galvanizing biography, award winning author Wil Haygood uses the framework of the dramatic, contentious five day Senate hearing to confirm Marshall as the first African American