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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Thurgood-MarshallThurgood Marshall | Biography, Legal Career, & Supreme Court...

    Jun 28, 2024 · Thurgood Marshall, lawyer and civil rights activist who was the first African American member of the U.S. Supreme Court, serving as an associate justice from 1967 to 1991. As an attorney, he successfully argued before the Supreme Court the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954).

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  3. michiganchronicle.com › reminiscing-the-life-and-times-ofReminiscing the Life and Times of Thurgood Marshall: A Supreme...

    Jun 26, 2024 · More than three decades ago – on June 27, 1991 to be exact – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall retired from the nation’s oldest and highest court. Marshall’s departure from the hallowed chambers of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) marked the end of an incredible 24-year tenure.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Brown_vBrown v. Board of Education - Wikipedia

    5 days ago · The Browns, represented by NAACP chief counsel Thurgood Marshall, then appealed the ruling directly to the Supreme Court. In May 1954, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous 9–0 decision in favor of the Browns.

  5. www.socialstudiesforkids.com › thurgoodmarshall1Thurgood Marshall: Civil Rights Advocate - Social Studies for...

    2 days ago · Thurgood Marshall had one of the most recognizable names and faces of the civil rights movement in America. He gained everlasting fame as the first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

  6. teachingamericanhistory.org › document › reflections-on-theReflections on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution

    Jun 27, 2024 · Thurgood Marshall (1908–1993) had a storied career, first as an attorney whose courtroom successes earned him the nickname “Mr. Civil Rights,” next as a federal judge, and finally as the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

  7. mediaspace.illinois.edu › media › tThurgood Marshall’s 1956 speech on Human Rights at the University...

    Jun 28, 2024 · Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American justice on the US Supreme Court. For many years before that, he was a prominent civil rights lawyer. He argued more than 30 cases before the nation's highest Court, including Brown vs. Board of Education.

  8. routes-mag.com › thurgood-marshallThurgood Marshall 1st African-American Supreme Court Justice

    5 days ago · Thurgood-Marshall, 1976. Thurgood Marshall was an outlier in the legal field and a champion for civil rights in the United States. Born on July 2, 1908, Marshall dedicated his life to fighting for equality and justice for all. He attended Howard University Law School, where he was mentored by Charles Hamilton Houston, a prominent civil rights ...