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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).
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.
Marshall wed Vivian "Buster" Burey on September 4, 1929, while he was a student at Lincoln University. [3] : 101, 103 They remained married until her death from cancer in 1955. [2] : 180 Marshall married Cecilia "Cissy" Suyat , an NAACP secretary, eleven months later; they had two children: Thurgood Jr. and John .
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.
Nov 24, 2022 · For a Hawaiian, marrying Mr. Marshall, after his first wife, Vivian (Burey) Marshall, died of lung cancer at 44, meant crossing an even bigger barrier, especially after Walter White, the head...
Oct 29, 2009 · Just before he graduated, he married his first wife, Vivian “Buster” Burey. Marshall decided to attend Howard University Law School, where he became a protégé of the well-known dean, Charles...
