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Civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall's triumph in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision to desegregate America's public schools completed the final leg of a journey of over 20 years laying the groundwork to end legal segregation. He won more Supreme Court cases than any lawyer in American history, making the work of civil rights pioneers like the Rev. Martin Luther ...
20. Okt. 2014 · Panelists talked about Mick Caouette's film "Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP." They spoke about Justice Marshall's early law career as well as his work in the South to expand ...
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Thurgood Marshall moved to New York and joined the NAACP legal staff in 1936. (Courtesy of Library of Congress) Back to “Mr. Civil Rights” ... Back to “Mr. Civil Rights” ...
Thurgood Marshall died in 1993, leaving behind a legacy that earned him the nickname "Mr. Civil Rights." Before his funeral, his flag-draped casket was laid in state in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court. He was only the second justice to be given this honor.
From PBS - Civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall’s triumph in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision to desegregate America’s public schools completed the final leg of an heroic journey to end legal segregation. For 20 years, during wartime and the Depression, Marshall had traveled hundreds of thousands of miles through the Jim Crow South of the United States ...
Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP. Rare archival film and interviews chart Justice Thurgood Marshalls life prior to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling. Loading. Contact. Email: [email protected] Phone: 800-422-97 ...
Thurgood Marshall played an instrumental part in the African American fight to end segregation. Fighting many important cases, such as Brown v. Board of Education, where he helped put an end to segregated schools. Known as a lawyer for his high success rate arguing in front of the Supreme Court, he would go on to become the first African American Solicitor General and Supreme Court Justice.
