Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2nd, 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland and died on January 24th, 1993 in Bethesda, Maryland. He was an American attorney who was appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in 1967. He was the first African-American to have the position & served for 24 years, until 1991. Marshall studied law at Howard University. As counsel to the NAACP, he used the judiciary to promote equality for African Americans. He won the Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954, in which the Supreme Court stopped racial discrimination & segregation in public schools.
Thurgood Marshall's father, William Marshall, was a steward and waiter at a club, and his mother, Norma Marshall, was a kindergarten teacher. They instilled in
Thurgood Marshall's father, William Marshall, was a steward and waiter at a club, and his mother, Norma Marshall, was a kindergarten teacher. They instilled in