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4 days ago · t. e. Thoroughgood " Thurgood " Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice.
3 days ago · Thurgood Marshall, born on July 2, 1908, in Baltimore, Maryland, was a pivotal figure in American history. His early years laid the foundation for a lifetime of legal excellence and civil rights advocacy. Baltimore Beginnings: Marshall was the grandson of a slave, which deeply influenced his commitment to fighting for equality and justice.
Apr 19, 2024 · Portrait of American jurist and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (1908 - 1993), 20th century. (Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images) Members of the United States Supreme Court. The Court's newest member, Thurgood Marshall (top right), is the first African American to sit on the high tribunal.
May 6, 2024 · The Reginald Lewis Museum, in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall Center Trust, on April 25 held a memorable event in celebration of the 70th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education. The ...
5 days ago · With Jim Crow still intact in America in the early 1950s, Thurgood Marshall and a group of attorneys took the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case to the Supreme Court, whose verdict — issued 70 years ago next week — changed our country for the better.
May 4, 2024 · Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American justice on the US Supreme Court, and many years before that, a prominent civil rights lawyer. He argued more than 30 cases before the nation's highest Court, including Brown vs. Board of Education, where the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was ...
Apr 25, 2024 · Thurgood Marshall — perhaps best known as the first African-American Supreme Court justice — played an instrumental role in promoting racial equality during the civil rights movement. As a practicing attorney, Marshall argued a record-breaking 32 cases before the Supreme Court, winning 29 of them.
