Thurgood Marshall
US Supreme Court justice from 1967 to 1991
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
Thurgood Marshall lived from July 2, 1908 to January 24, 1993. Board of Education, which rejected the separate but equal doctrine and held segregation in public education to be unconstitutional. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Marshall attended Lincoln University and the Howard University School of Law.
Career and public life
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. Marshall was a prominent figure in the movement to end racial segregation in American public schools. He won 29 of the 32 civil rights cases he argued before the Supreme Court, culminating in the Court's landmark 1954 decision in Brown v. Johnson appointed Marshall to the Supreme Court in 1967. A staunch liberal, he frequently dissented as the Court became increasingly conservative.
Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall 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.
Historical significance
He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice. Before his judicial service, he was an attorney who fought for civil rights, leading the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.