The Legend Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore , Maryland on July 2, 1908. When it comes to his parents, his mother who goes by the name of Norma was a kindergarten teacher. His father William Marshall was the grandson of a slave, and he worked as a steward in an exclusive club. An interesting fact about William Marshall was that he liked to listen to cases at their local courthouse and come back home and discuss the lawyer 's point of view with his sons. When thurgood was asked about why he’d gotten so intrigued into law he often turned to mention the heated arguments him his father and brother used to have over any topic. However marshall attended school at Baltimore 's Colored High and Training School. Above all marshall was more than
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Then again that was a punishment by his teacher because of his behavior during class. Later after he graduated high school in 1926, thurgood attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. It is one of the better know historically black colleges in the United States. Other than marshall more remarkable figures attended the University such as Cab Calloway(famous jazz musician) ,Kwame Nkrumah(future president of Ghana) and lastly Langston Hughes( a great poet). Furthermore after finishing up at the University of Lincoln with honors as a scholar in 1930, he later tried to be enrolled at University of Maryland Law School. Before graduating the University of Lincoln Thurgood Marshall married Vivian Burey, her nickname was Buster. They were married for a great twenty-five years. Unfortunately their marriage was cut short because of her tragic death from cancer in 1955. But then again marshall married Cecilia Suyat the secondary of the NAACP and had two sons Thurgood Marshall Jr. and John W. Marshall. Thurgood Marshall Jr. was an outstanding American Lawyer that worked with Clinton in the White …show more content…
Even more marshall has been such an impact on my life because he worked so hard helping the black community and his kids are now some of the most iconic figures. Meaningly speaking, he taught us how be a leader and never give up, most importantly how to be a father figure was a big key in his successful life. Although Thurgood Marshall was a very bright young man, he was denied entry because he was a black man. This crushed marshall and stayed with him throughout his life. Eventually he then struck gold when he applied and got accepted to Howard University Law School. Shortly after attending the University he looked up to the prestigious new dean Charles Hamilton Houston. Houston’s main goal was to get his students to persuade others about the Constitution and how we should use it for everyone no matter the race or color. Regarding that houston 's reasons for that was because he wanted to overturn the 1898 Supreme Court ruling Plessy v. Ferguson. That particular document brought up the doctrine of saying “ separate but equal”
Then again that was a punishment by his teacher because of his behavior during class. Later after he graduated high school in 1926, thurgood attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. It is one of the better know historically black colleges in the United States. Other than marshall more remarkable figures attended the University such as Cab Calloway(famous jazz musician) ,Kwame Nkrumah(future president of Ghana) and lastly Langston Hughes( a great poet). Furthermore after finishing up at the University of Lincoln with honors as a scholar in 1930, he later tried to be enrolled at University of Maryland Law School. Before graduating the University of Lincoln Thurgood Marshall married Vivian Burey, her nickname was Buster. They were married for a great twenty-five years. Unfortunately their marriage was cut short because of her tragic death from cancer in 1955. But then again marshall married Cecilia Suyat the secondary of the NAACP and had two sons Thurgood Marshall Jr. and John W. Marshall. Thurgood Marshall Jr. was an outstanding American Lawyer that worked with Clinton in the White …show more content…
Even more marshall has been such an impact on my life because he worked so hard helping the black community and his kids are now some of the most iconic figures. Meaningly speaking, he taught us how be a leader and never give up, most importantly how to be a father figure was a big key in his successful life. Although Thurgood Marshall was a very bright young man, he was denied entry because he was a black man. This crushed marshall and stayed with him throughout his life. Eventually he then struck gold when he applied and got accepted to Howard University Law School. Shortly after attending the University he looked up to the prestigious new dean Charles Hamilton Houston. Houston’s main goal was to get his students to persuade others about the Constitution and how we should use it for everyone no matter the race or color. Regarding that houston 's reasons for that was because he wanted to overturn the 1898 Supreme Court ruling Plessy v. Ferguson. That particular document brought up the doctrine of saying “ separate but equal”