Thurgood Marshall: Civil Rights Leader is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.5 and Literacy.L.3.2a. Thurgood Marshall was a civil rights hero and inspiration to people everywhere. His interesting life is taught through this book, which includes full-page photographs paired with narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with "Thurgood Marshall: Supreme Court Justice" (9781477725993) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.