Thurgood Marshall was an American lawyer who was appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in 1967. He was the first African American to hold the position and served for 24 years, until 1991. Marshall studied law at Howard University. As counsel to the NAACP, he utilized the judiciary to champion equality for African Americans. In 1954, he won the Brown v Boardcase, in which the Supreme Court ended racial segregation in public schools.
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Article Title
Thurgood Marshall Biography
Author
Biography.com Editors
Website Name
The Biography.com website
URL
https://www.biography.com/law-figure/thurgood-marshall
Access Date
February 11, 2021
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Last Updated
January 11, 2021
Original Published Date
April 2, 2014
