Clarence Thomas: A Biography

Table of contents

• Clarence Thomas - A Biography *
• To Monica, Peyton and Nathan *
• Contents *
• Prologue 1
• Part One Iron Sharpens Iron *
• Chapter One - Two Plantations in Georgia 7
• Chapter Two - Furnaces of the Will 31
• Part Two the Roots of Rebellion *
• Chapter Three - a Phoenix Rises in Pin Point 51
• Chapter Four - the Strongest Man in the World 65
• Chapter Five - Black Spot on the White Horse 83
• Chapter Six - Dreams Denied 95
• Part Three Heretic *
• Chapter Seven - Years of Rage 113
• Chapter Eight the Monkey on His Back 135
• Chapter Ten Money Isn't Everything 169
• Chapter Eleven the Coattails of St. Jack 177
• Part Four the Man *
• Chapter Twelve Call It Stormy Monday 193
• Chapter Thirteen a New Sheriff in Town 211
• Chapter Fourteen Turkey Shoot 227
• Chapter Fifteen Running for a Second Term 253
• Chapter Sixteen Thomas Becomes a Conservative 285
• Chapter Seventeen Cloistered, Again 315
• Part Five Accused *
• Chapter Eighteen One of Us 341
• Chapter Nineteen into the Quagmire 365
• Chapter Twenty Soul Food 387
• Chapter Twenty-One Unraveled 407
• Chapter Twenty-Two the Empty Noose 425
• Chapter Twenty-Three Joy in the Morning 447
• Part Six Defender of the Framers *
• Chapter Twenty-Four the Stillness of Wounded Pride 457
• Chapter Twenty-Five Homecoming 481
• Chapter Twenty-Six 1787, a Wonderful Year 499
• Chapter Twenty-Seven Keeping the Faith 519
• Chapter Twenty-Eight "I Am a Man, a Black Man, an American" 533
• Chapter Twenty-Nine Life, Liberty, and the Open Road 557
• Chapter Thirty New Horizons 583
• Author's Note 593
• Selected Bibliography 597
• Reference Notes 603
• Index 645

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