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Brother Larry Gibson has written a book that is the only biography of Thurgood Marshall to be endorsed by Marshall’s immediate family, this exhaustively researched and engagingly written work will be of interest to any everyone interested in law, civil rights, American history, and biography. Thurgood Marshall was the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century. He transformed the nation’s legal landscape by challenging the racial segregation that had relegated millions to second-class citizenship. He won twenty-nine of thirty-three cases before the United States Supreme Court, was a federal appeals court judge, served as the US solicitor general, and, for twenty-four years, sat on the Supreme Court. Marshall is best known for achievements after he relocated to New York in 1936 to work for the NAACP. But Marshall’s personality, attitudes, priorities, and work habits had crystallized during earlier years in Maryland.

Larry S. Gibson is professor of law at the University of Maryland. He has been a law professor since 1972 teaching Evidence, Civil Procedure, Racial Discrimination and the Law, and Election Law. He has also taught at the University of Virginia, the University of Mississippi and the University of Aberdeen (Scotland). He is of counsel with Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler. During the administration of President Jimmy Carter, Gibson was associate deputy attorney general of the United States.

Gibson is a 1964 alumnus of Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he served as student body president and chairman of D.C. Students for Civil Rights.

30 B4 30, is a book chronicling thirty moments of significance pulled from his own life experiences. Within every story is a lesson learned, moment of realization, or an opportunity to tell someone thank you. Diversity, love, bullying, and suicide…these are just some of the topics readers will experience as they journey through life with the author.

Mr. Esque (pronounced S-Q) Dollar M.Ed. is an author, speaker, educator, and motivator, bringing forth stories that creatively reflect his upbringing, and formal education. Educated on the streets of Miami, the pavements at the University of South Florida, and hallways at National-Louis University, Mr. Dollar has become a good example of the accomplishments that can be had through hard work, a little faith, and listening to your teachers.

He is currently working in the Florida public schools helping struggling students with the goal of improving their academic situation, and raising the ceiling for their futures. He can be reached at info@mresquedollar.com, or 813.263.0726 –

30 B4 30 is an amazing collection of reflections written by one of the best up and coming minds in America. A must have in classrooms, and homes everywhere.