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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).
- Civil rights activist
- University of Pennsylvania
- Vivien Burey Marshall, Buster
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.
Oct 13, 2017 · Vivian "Buster" Burey, portrayed by Keesha Sharp. Barry Wetcher/Open Road Films. Thurgood Marshall met his first wife, Vivian “Buster” Burey, while she was a student at the University...
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.
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...
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.
Oct 29, 2009 · Learn about Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court justice and a prominent civil rights lawyer. He married Vivian Burey in 1933 and later Cecilia Suyat after her death.
