Thurgood Marshall: Supreme Court Justice is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.6 and Literacy.L.3.2c. Thurgood Marshall made history by becoming the first African American Supreme Court justice. This book tells his interesting story, which includes full-page photographs paired with narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with "Thurgood Marshall: Civil Rights Leader" (9781477725450) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.