Thurgood Marshall; A Hero For Our Country
When we think of a hero, we think of Superman, Batman, Spider Man, Wonder Woman, the Hulk, Iron Man, and the list goes on and on. But those are superheroes. What about real life heroes. Like historical figure heroes. People like Martin Luther King Jr., Albert Einstein, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman. But there are others, too. Thurgood Marshall is a hero. He promoted social equality in court cases, took charge in the fight by being the special counsel of the NAACP (the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), and was the first African American on the supreme court. He inspired a great many of people--African-Americans and whites--and helped to bring …show more content…
There is always opposition when someone is called a hero. For example, some people think that Thurgood Marshall’s interpretation of the constitution was incorrect. In “A Critique of Justice Thurgood Marshall” on wnd.com by Ellis Washington, it says, “... his many dissenting and majority opinions he authored with his jurisprudence compatriot, Justice William Brennan, simply did not line up with the blackletter text of the U.S. Constitution. Was I crazy?” (“A). This is one person's opinion that Thurgood Marshall’s interpretation of the constitution was wrong. This author believed that Marshall’s court decisions didn’t match up with the guidelines and rules of the Constitution. However, interpretation and response to a written document varies from one person to the next. According to Dictionary.com, an interpretation is “an explanation of the meaning of another's artistic or creative work”. This means that to one person the Constitution can clearly mean one thing, and to another, something completely different. Still, even if not everyone agrees with Thurgood Marshall’s court decisions and ideals, Marshall inspired and helped people in America, and that, if nothing else, makes him a hero. No one can argue with
When we think of a hero, we think of Superman, Batman, Spider Man, Wonder Woman, the Hulk, Iron Man, and the list goes on and on. But those are superheroes. What about real life heroes. Like historical figure heroes. People like Martin Luther King Jr., Albert Einstein, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman. But there are others, too. Thurgood Marshall is a hero. He promoted social equality in court cases, took charge in the fight by being the special counsel of the NAACP (the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), and was the first African American on the supreme court. He inspired a great many of people--African-Americans and whites--and helped to bring …show more content…
There is always opposition when someone is called a hero. For example, some people think that Thurgood Marshall’s interpretation of the constitution was incorrect. In “A Critique of Justice Thurgood Marshall” on wnd.com by Ellis Washington, it says, “... his many dissenting and majority opinions he authored with his jurisprudence compatriot, Justice William Brennan, simply did not line up with the blackletter text of the U.S. Constitution. Was I crazy?” (“A). This is one person's opinion that Thurgood Marshall’s interpretation of the constitution was wrong. This author believed that Marshall’s court decisions didn’t match up with the guidelines and rules of the Constitution. However, interpretation and response to a written document varies from one person to the next. According to Dictionary.com, an interpretation is “an explanation of the meaning of another's artistic or creative work”. This means that to one person the Constitution can clearly mean one thing, and to another, something completely different. Still, even if not everyone agrees with Thurgood Marshall’s court decisions and ideals, Marshall inspired and helped people in America, and that, if nothing else, makes him a hero. No one can argue with