Thurgood Marshall: The Most Important Supreme Court Cases

Thurgood Marshall is arguably one of the most important Supreme Court justices in the history of the United States. Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland, he graduated from Lincoln University and from Howard University Law School. Thurgood began his legal career at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Working his way up to Chief Legal Officer, Thurgood ran the effort to end racial segregation for the next twenty years. One of Thurgood’s most famous cases argued was Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. Thurgood stood before the Supreme Court of the United States and argued that racial segregation in United States public schools was unconstitutional, Thurgood argued his case so well that he received votes from all of the Supreme Court Justices and racial segregation …show more content…
As decades went on more and more information was revealed in the true reason on why Marshall was appointed. In secret recordings and transcripts that were released in 2011, Johnson had already began to lay out a political plan that was years in the making to appoint Marshall as the first African-American on the high court. According to Bill Mears CNN’s Supreme Court Producer “It was part of a broader White House strategy to implement the president's civil rights agenda, something he openly hoped would cement his legacy and strengthen the Democrats' base.” Speculation also arises that President Johnson could take credit for appointing the first African-American Justice on the Supreme Court. So was that it? Was that the sole reason why Thurgood Marshall was appointed? Yes and No. Thurgood Marshall won 14 out of 19 cases he argued before the Supreme Court for the United States Government. So as it stands, Thurgood represented and won more cases than any other American attorney to this