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This biographical video chronicles the remarkable life of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, and his lifelong dedication to...
This video is a short biography about Thurgood Marshall. It is written for elementary students or English language learners. This video was created for use...
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- My Bilingual Life
Feb 26, 2017 · Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American appointed to the Supreme Court in 1967. On his way to serving on the high court, Marshall put together an impressive legal career as an attorney.
Thurgood Marshall became an American civil rights lawyer and judge whose career blossomed into an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1967 until 1991...
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- Marques Vickers
Thurgood Marshall is best remembered as the first African American Supreme Court Justice. But to only remember him in that way is to do him an injustice. He had a remarkable and significant career before his appointment to the Supreme Court. He worked as a lawyer for the NAACP for several decades.
Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American U.S. Supreme Court Justice, serving from 1967 until he retired in 1991. Before his appointment to the High Court by President Lyndon Johnson, Marshall distinguished himself with a remarkable 23-year career as lawyer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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Marshall, the great-grandson of a slave, played a major role in ending segregation in many areas of American life, in housing, transportation and voting.
