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Bill Coleman''s story is one that younger generations should mark and inwardly digest, lest they forget the pioneers who helped to make a better America possible. From the Foreword by Stephen G. Breyer

William Coleman has spent a lifetime opening doors and breaking down barriers. He has been an eyewitness to history; moreover, he has made history. This is his inspiring story, in his own words.

Americans of color faced daunting barriers in the 1940s. Despite graduating first in his class at Harvard Law and clerking for Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, Coleman was shut out of major East Coast law firms. But as the Philadelphia native writes, The times, they were a''changing. He not only benefited from that changehe helped propel it, by way of dogged determination, undeniable intellect, and stellar accomplishment.

Coleman''s legal work with Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund helped jumpstart the civil rights movement in the

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      Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/26/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780815733348, 978-0815733348
      ISBN10: 0815733348

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Bill Coleman''s story is one that younger generations should mark and inwardly digest, lest they forget the pioneers who helped to make a better America possible. From the Foreword by Stephen G. Breyer

      William Coleman has spent a lifetime opening doors and breaking down barriers. He has been an eyewitness to history; moreover, he has made history. This is his inspiring story, in his own words.

      Americans of color faced daunting barriers in the 1940s. Despite graduating first in his class at Harvard Law and clerking for Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, Coleman was shut out of major East Coast law firms. But as the Philadelphia native writes, The times, they were a''changing. He not only benefited from that changehe helped propel it, by way of dogged determination, undeniable intellect, and stellar accomplishment.

      Coleman''s legal work with Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund helped jumpstart the civil rights movement in the

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