Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas
Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas | Jane Mayer, Jill Abramson
1 post | 1 read | 1 to read
Now a New York Times Best Seller and a National Book Award finalist. Charged with racial, sexual, and political overtones, the confirmation of Clarence Thomas as a Supreme Court justice was one of the most divisive spectacles the country has ever seen. Anita Hill's accusation of sexual harassment by Thomas, and the attacks on her that were part of his high-placed supporters' rebuttal, both shocked the nation and split it into two camps. One believed Hill was lying, the other believed that the man who ultimately took his place on the Supreme Court had committed perjury. In this brilliant, often shocking book, Jane Mayer and Jill Abramson, two of the nation's top investigative journalists examine all aspects of this controversial case. They interview witnesses that the Judiciary Committee chose not to call, and present documents never before made public. They detail the personal and professional pasts of both Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill and lay bare a campaign of lobbying, public rela
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
review
QBub
Pickpick

You know the story already - Clarence Thomas nominated to the Supreme Court, Anita Hill reluctantly testifying to Thomas‘ harassment of her, the pubic hair on the Coke can, the character assassination, the 52-48 vote to confirm. This book gets into the nitty gritty of Thomas, Hill and the Senate Hearings. Spoiler alert: there is only one hero here, a reluctant one at that. She kept her head up while the rest were varying degrees of slime.