Thurgood Marshall Speech

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Thurgood Marshall:

Thurgood Marshall was the first ____________________________.
_______________ appointed Thurgood Marshall as a supreme court justice.
He was part of the ______________.
Selma to Montgomery:
There were ___ marches going ____ miles from _______ to __________.
_________________ was fatally shot by police during the _________.
Police used ___________ and_ _______ to kill protesters.
The first day of the march became known as ________________.
The third march was guarded by _________ US Army Soldiers and _______ members of the Alabama National Guard.
__________________ promised to send a voting bill to Congress.
___________ was beaten and murdered by a white supremacy group.
Plessy v. Ferguson

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