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Feb 1, 2000 · A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall (Picture Book Biography) Part of: Picture Book Biography (16 books) | by David A. Adler and Robert Casilla | Jan 1, 1997 4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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. Prior to his judicial service, he was an attorney who fought for civil ...
Thurgood Marshall Biography ID 14. He laid the legal foundation for the end of segregation in the South. With the legislative and executive branches of government largely indifferent to racial discrimination, Thurgood Marshall turned to the courts to prove that separate facilities for blacks and whites were inherently unequal.
Jan 24, 1993 · 24 January 1993. heart failure. Place Of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland. Best Known As: The first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorney Thurgood Marshall led the civil rights case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka to a successful hearing at the Supreme Court of the United States in 1954. 13 years later, he became the ...
Aug 24, 2012 · The seminar focused on state and federal racial justice lawsuits brought by Marshall in the period between 1936 and 1944. This winter, Prometheus Books will publish Professor Gibson’s 390-page biography of Thurgood Marshall. It is entitled Young Thurgood: The Making of a Supreme Court Justice ($28.00). When it comes out, the Gibson biography ...
Thurgood Marshall biography. Date of birth : 1908-07-02 Date of death : 1993-01-24 Birthplace : Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Nationality : American Category : Politics Last modified : 2010-07-12
Vivian Burey Marshall. 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). Following her death, her husband was later ...
