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Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall (February 11, 1911 – February 11, 1955) was an American civil rights activist and was married for 25 years, until her death, to Thurgood Marshall, lead counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, who also managed Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
The first wife of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. There were no children from this union. Daughter of Christopher H Burey (born in St Ann's, Jamaica) and Maude Stuart-Burey-Jones born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ∼ Civil Rights Activist Parents: Maud E. Steward Burey Jones and Christopher Hamilton Burey
Aug 19, 2016 · Nine months after the Brown decision, his first wife, Vivian "Buster" Burey, died of cancer at the age of 44. One of the country's most accomplished black men was suddenly a widower.
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Oct 13, 2017 · Thurgood Marshall met his first wife, Vivian “Buster” Burey, while she was a student at the University of Pennsylvania, and the two married not long after. Early on in their marriage, the ...
Vivian "Buster" Burey dies at 44. In 1954, Thurgood Marshall's wife, "Buster," learned she was dying from lung cancer. Because Marshall was in the middle of arguing Brown v. Board of Education, Buster did not tell Marshall of her illness until after May 17, 1954 when the case was decided.
Jan 21, 2007 · Thurgood Marshall was married twice, first to Vivian Burey from 1929 to her death in February 1955 and later to Cecilia Suyat from December 1955 until his death. He and his second wife had two sons.
Marshall, his wife Cissy, and their children John (bottom left) and Thurgood Jr. (bottom right), 1965. Marshall wed Vivian "Buster" Burey on September 4, 1929, while he was a student at Lincoln University.: 101, 103 They remained married until her death from cancer in 1955.
