Author: William Thaddeus Coleman

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 0815704887

An African-American lawyer who broke several barriers during his career details his influential life--including his work on the Warren Commission, his contribution to the Brown v. Board of Education case, his tenure as secretary of transportation under President Gerald Ford and more--in a book with an introduction by a U.S. Supreme Court justice.