Thurgood Marshall
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Thurgood Marshall
A Civil Rights Hero
Early Life:
Thurgood was born on July 2, 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland. When Thurgood was young, he loved to listen to court cases with his brother and father.
College:
Thurgood's first school was Lincoln University where he graduated with honors in 1930. Thurgood tried to get accepted into University of Maryland Law School but was denied because of his race; even though, he qualified academically. He later went to Howard University in Washington D.C. and studied to become a lawyer.
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First Court Case:
He later won the Murray vs. Pearson case with his colleague, Charles Houston. Together, they defended Donald Murray, who was also denied his admittance into the Maryland Law School because of his race.
Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown vs. Board of Education was one his greatest accomplishments. Marshall Argues that the schools African Americans were forced to go to were not equal. According to Plessy vs. Ferguson, racial segregation in schools must be “separate but equal.” The Supreme Court ruled that the school facilities were not equal on May 17, 1954.
The Supreme Court then ruled that the segregation laws at the college were unconstitutional. Chambers vs. Florida and Smith vs. Alright were two court cases that Marshall defended African Americans and won.
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John F. Kennedy elected Marshall as U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1965, Marshall was the first African American solicitor general. Thurgood was then sent on and continued to fight for equal rights. Marshall was inducted into the Supreme Court justice on October 2, 1967.
Marshall died at the age of 84 on January 24, 1993. He made a large impact in the Civil Rights Movement and segregation.
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