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Thurgood Marshall Jr. (born August 12, 1956) is an American lawyer and son of the late United States Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Marshall worked in the Bill Clinton White House and is a retired international law firm partner. He also served as chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service and as ...
t. e. 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.
Thurgood Marshall (Baltimore, 2 de julio de 1908 - Bethesda, 24 de enero de 1993) fue juez de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos desde octubre de 1967 hasta octubre de 1991, el primer afroestadounidense elegido para el puesto.
24 de ene. de 1993 · July 2, 1908 to January 24, 1993. As an attorney fighting to secure equality and justice through the courts, Thurgood Marshall helped build the legal foundation for Martin Luther King’s challenges to segregation. On 6 February 1958, King wrote Marshall to express his gratitude for Marshall’s efforts in the Montgomery bus boycott ...
14 de jul. de 2021 · Marshall with his wife, Cecilia, and their sons, Thurgood Jr. and John, outside the Supreme Court in 1967, shortly after he was confirmed as a justice. Credit... Associated Press
2 de oct. de 2020 · How Thurgood Marshall became the first Black U.S. Supreme Court justice. As a civil rights attorney, he won a landmark case to end segregation in public schools—then fought to uphold those...
18 de sept. de 2023 · Thoroughgood ("Thurgood") Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 2, 1908, the younger of two sons of William and Norma Marshall. His father William was a railroad porter and later steward at a whites only country club. His mother Norma was a public school teacher for over 25 years.
