Mr. Thurgood Marshall Jr.
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About Thurgood
Thurgood Marshall, born on July 2, 1908, was the 96th justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Raised in Baltimore, Maryland, he excelled academically at an early age. Marshall earned a BA in Humanities from Lincoln University in 1929, with a focus on American literature and philosophy. He studied law at Howard University School of Law, where he graduated first in his class in 1933 with an LLM.
Marshall began practicing law in his native Baltimore after graduating. He represented the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for a quarter century starting in 1934, and was instrumental in assisting with school discrimination suits, including Murray v. Pearson. Marshall earned a spot on the NAACP staff in 1936.
Thurgood Marshall's first major legal victory occurred in 1940 when he won the US Supreme Court case Chambers v. Florida. Marshall then became executive director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and argued numerous cases before the Supreme Court, most notably Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954.
In 1965, Marshall was appointed to the position of United States Solicitor General by President Lyndon B. Johnson. As Solicitor General, Marshall won 14 out of 19 cases argued on behalf of the government.
Two years later, Marshall replaced retiring Justice Tom C. Clark on the Supreme Court. He was confirmed as the 96th Associate Justice in 1967. Marshall spent nearly the next quarter decade with the Court, gaining recognition as a supporter of individual rights and supporting civil rights. He retired from the Supreme Court in 1991, and died in 1993 in Bethesda, Maryland at age 84.
Marshall began practicing law in his native Baltimore after graduating. He represented the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for a quarter century starting in 1934, and was instrumental in assisting with school discrimination suits, including Murray v. Pearson. Marshall earned a spot on the NAACP staff in 1936.
Thurgood Marshall's first major legal victory occurred in 1940 when he won the US Supreme Court case Chambers v. Florida. Marshall then became executive director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and argued numerous cases before the Supreme Court, most notably Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954.
In 1965, Marshall was appointed to the position of United States Solicitor General by President Lyndon B. Johnson. As Solicitor General, Marshall won 14 out of 19 cases argued on behalf of the government.
Two years later, Marshall replaced retiring Justice Tom C. Clark on the Supreme Court. He was confirmed as the 96th Associate Justice in 1967. Marshall spent nearly the next quarter decade with the Court, gaining recognition as a supporter of individual rights and supporting civil rights. He retired from the Supreme Court in 1991, and died in 1993 in Bethesda, Maryland at age 84.
Admission
District of Columbia
1982
Education
Lincoln University
BA (Humanities)
1929
Recognitions & Achievements
Honors / Awards
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: Spingam Medal (NAACP)1946
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: Freedom medal1991
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: US Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official1992
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: Liberty Medal for protecting individual rights under the Constitution1992
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: Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bill Clinton1993
Notable Work
Publications
Marshall, Thurgood; Tushnet, Mark V. (Editor); Kennedy, Randall. .
2001
Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions and Reminiscences. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, Inc.: Lawrence Hill Books
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