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Occupation. Civil rights activist. Spouse. Thurgood Marshall. . ( m. 1929) . Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall (February 11, 1911 – February 11, 1955) was an American civil rights activist and was married for 25 years, until her death, to Thurgood Marshall, lead counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, who also managed Brown v.
19 de ago. de 2016 · Nine months after the Brown decision, his first wife, Vivian "Buster" Burey, died of cancer at the age of 44. One of the country's most accomplished black men was suddenly a widower.
Suyat met Thurgood Marshall, then married him in 1955 after Marshall's previous wife, Vivian Burey, died of lung cancer. Suyat married Marshall on December 17, 1955. Roy Wilkins, who was secretary of the NAACP, presided over the service at St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Harlem, New York.
13 de oct. de 2017 · Thurgood Marshall met his first wife, Vivian “Buster” Burey, while she was a student at the University
Vivian G “Buster” Burey Marshall (1911-1955) was the first wife of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. She was a civil rights activist and the daughter of Christopher H Burey and Maude Stuart-Burey-Jones.
Marshall wed Vivian "Buster" Burey on September 4, 1929, while he was a student at Lincoln University. [3] : 101, 103 They remained married until her death from cancer in 1955. [2] : 180 Marshall married Cecilia "Cissy" Suyat , an NAACP secretary, eleven months later; they had two children: Thurgood Jr. and John .
24 de nov. de 2022 · For a Hawaiian, marrying Mr. Marshall, after his first wife, Vivian (Burey) Marshall, died of lung cancer at 44, meant crossing an even bigger barrier, especially after Walter White, the...
