TY  - BOOK
AU  - Merida,Kevin
AU  - Fletcher,Michael A.
TI  - Supreme discomfort: the divided soul of Clarence Thomas 
SN  - 9780385510806
AV  - KF8745.T48 M47 2007
U1  - 347.73/2634B 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Doubleday
KW  - Thomas, Clarence,
KW  - United States
KW  - Supreme Court
KW  - Officials and employees
KW  - Biography
KW  - Judges
KW  - African American judges
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-407) and index; 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006036435.html
ER  -