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  1. 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).

  2. 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.

  3. Vivian G “Buster” Burey Marshall. Birth. 11 Feb 1911. Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. Death. 11 Feb 1955 (aged 44) Harlem, New York County, New York, USA. Burial. Eden Cemetery. Collingdale, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map. Plot. Celestine, Lot 617. Memorial ID. 201646054. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial.

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  5. 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. Vivian "Buster" Burey died nine months later on February 11, 1955. She was 44 years old.

  6. 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...

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  7. Sep 26, 2019 · Biography. Vivian was the daughter of Christopher and Maud Burey. Her parents worked in catering in Philadelphia. She met Thurgood Marshall at age 18, while she was a student at the University of Pennsylvania and he was a student at nearby Lincoln University. They married while she was still a student.

  8. Marshall marries Vivian "Buster" Burey. Music: Deborah Amos: From Minnesota Public Radio, this is an American RadioWorks documentary, Thurgood Marshall Before the Court. I'm Deborah Amos. Marshall: Education is not the teaching of three R's. Education is teaching to live together with fellow citizens.

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