Waking Things Right Summary

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In the article ¨Making Things Right¨ Thurgood Marshall upbringing and education prepared him to argue the Brown v.s Board of Education Supreme Court case. For an example, according to the article, ¨Most restaurants, hotels, and department store served only whites although blacks often worked in these same places, receiving extremely low wages¨. This example shows how Marshalls upbringing helped prepare him to argue the Supreme Court case because this is how people are being treated. People are showing unfair treatment to African Americans. Furthermore, the author writes, ¨Now, inspired by his teacher, Marshall changed his attitude about school and worked more assiduously than ever before¨. This second example shows how Marshalls education helped

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