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Born: July 2, 1908 ; Died: January 24, 1993
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland
Place of Death: Bethesda, Maryland
Occupation: Civil Rights Activist; Supreme Court Justice; Judge; Lawyer
Accomplishments
Marshall won the Brown vs. Board
Importance
of education case in which the Supreme Court ended racial segregation in public schools.
legal counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Marshall attended Baltimore's colored high and training school
Thurgood Marshall was also a U.S. Supreme Court justice and civil rights advocate.
He was an above average student and he put his skills to use as the star member of the debate team
Marshall guided the litigation that destroyed
the legal underpinnings of Jim
Crow Segregation
After graduating high school Marshall went to Lincoln university, a historically black college in pennsylvania
First A.A for the supreme
court
History.com Staff. "Thurgood Marshall." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 14 Feb. 2017.
"Thurgood Marshall." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 24 Jan. 2017. Web. 14 Feb. 2017.
After graduating Lincoln with honors, Marshall applied to the University of
Maryland but was rejected
because of his race