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Thurgood Marshall Quotes
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Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or...


Biography

Name: Thurgood Marshall
Birth Date: July 2, 1908
Death Date: 1993
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Occupations: jurist, lawyer, associate justice

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Biography of Thurgood Marshall
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Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) was an American civil rights lawyer, solicitor general, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2, 1908, in Baltimore, Maryland, where his mother was a teacher and his father a...
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Biography of Thurgood Marshall
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Thurgood Marshall was the first African American member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Before his service on the bench, Marshall was an attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He also served as a federal appeals...


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Thurgood Marshall Information
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For people and institutions etc. named after Thurgood Marshall, see Thurgood Marshall (disambiguation).. Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the...


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The Washington Post
Thurgood Marshall
01/26/1993: 461 words, approx. 2 pages
NEAR THE END of his farewell press conference at the Supreme Court, Justice Thurgood Marshall was asked to characterize the legacy he was leaving behind. He turned the question aside, adding: "That's up to the people." The nation shouldn't have any difficulty measuring the...
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The Nation
A Marshall seat. (Thurgood Marshall) (Editorial)
04/12/1993: 401 words, approx. 1 pages
To fill the vacancy left by departing Associate Justice Byron White, the Supreme Court really needs a replacement for Thurgood Marshall. In recent years the Senate has expected little more of Court nominees than an unsullied resume. Marshall, by contrast, was a legal activist...
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Investor's Business Daily
Legal Eagle Thurgood Marshall Had A High Calling
7/16/2007: 870 words, approx. 3 pages
Thurgood Marshall learned early in life to fight for his beliefs. One afternoon, the 15-year-old was delivering a tall stack of hats for his after-school job in Baltimore. As he struggled to board a trolley, a white woman shoved Marshall, who was black. Next thing...
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AP News
Desegregation stamp to be issued
9/13/2007: 254 words, approx. 1 pages
A 1946 court ruling that helped pave the way for the nation's school desegregation will be commemorated Friday with a new U.S. postage stamp."This stamp captures the vision and inspiration of a group of parents who fought the odds to make a difference for all...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Essay Grade: 86%
Thurgood Marshall
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Details the life of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and his career as a successful civil rights attorney. Includes a brief discussion of his most famous court victories.
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Essay Grade: 83%
The Courage of Thurgood Marshall
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An essay about the many courageous acts of African American lawyer Thurgood Marshall before he became Chief Justice of the United States. Discusses his Civil Rights era work and his landmark case Brown vs. Board of Education.


 

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