Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall is in an elite group of lawyers, from 1940 until 1960, his time as lead counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) placed him at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement. During his tenure, he argued 32 cases before the Supreme Court of America and won 29 of those cases. This prolific use of the law to fight discrimination gave him the moniker “Mr. Civil Rights”. His skill as a lawyer helped to overturn or change laws that discriminated in voting, transportation, housing, and schooling. He specifically challenged laws in the areas of racial inequality in voting practices, racially restricting covenants in housing, segregation in public transportation and public education. Smith v. Allwright (1944) Lonnie E. Smith, was a black voter in Texas who sued the county election official S.S. Allright for the right to vote in a…

2, 1908 Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was Norma Williams and William Marshall’s second child (“Thurgood Marshall”, 2015). His mother was an elementary school teacher who taught him the importance of an education. She encouraged Thurgood and his brother to learn and think for themselves. His father was a waiter at a whites-only country club who would frequently visit the courthouse on his way home and listen to local cases (“Thurgood Marshall”, 2015). William would…

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,…

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…

"The Negro who was once enslaved by law became emancipated by it, and is achieving equality through it. Provided it is adequately enforced, law can change things for the better, moreover, it can change the hearts of men, for law has an educational function," (Commire, 1994). Thurgood Marshall once said this powerful statement about how the rights of African Americans developed over from past times, and should be developed in the future. During his career in civil rights, Thurgood fought for…

Thurgood Marshall; A Hero For Our Country When we think of a hero, we think of Superman, Batman, Spider Man, Wonder Woman, the Hulk, Iron Man, and the list goes on and on. But those are superheroes. What about real life heroes. Like historical figure heroes. People like Martin Luther King Jr., Albert Einstein, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman. But there are others, too. Thurgood Marshall is a hero. He promoted social equality in court cases, took charge in the fight…

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…

Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American lawyer, serving as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice. Prior to his judicial service, he successfully argued several cases before the Supreme Court. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Marshall graduated from the Howard University School of Law in 1933. He established a private legal practice in…

Thurgood Marshall grew up a minority, but valiantly gained a voice as he fought for the rights of not only himself, but other minorities as well who lacked a proper voice and equal rights enjoyed by white citizens of the United States. He was born into a century that would be monumental for African Americans and minorities alike. Although the century began with heavy segregation, discrimination, and violence against the African American community, its conclusion would produce an active voice for…

Conor Conor Article observations 1.I observed that in 1991 Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court, decided to retire. 2. I observed that Thurgood Marshall while, and before he was in the Supreme Court Marshall was a leader who fought for Civil Rights. 3.I observed that Thurgood Marshall, was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1967, by President Lyndon Johnson. 4.I observed that Marshall lead the NACCP's in the segregation case…