Thurgood Marshall

major success was in nineteen ninety six the court was United States V. Virginia, where she held a landmark decision in making sure Virginia Military Institute would not refuse to admit women. Which would lead to the American Bar Association's Thurgood Marshall Award for her help in gender equality and civil rights. Another one of her great court cases was Ledbetter V. Goodyear although she lost had huge effects later in the future. The case had to do with Lilly Ledbetter, a manager at a…

All throughout grade school, I have learned how African American men greatly influenced our society. Mr. Andrew Young, Mr. Thurgood Marshall, and Mr. Jessie Owens are all prime examples of men who were essential to the growth and development of the African American race. These men have played a large role in breaking social constructs within our communities. They are prominent figures in history, and furthermore, members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated. The majority of the men I…

Isabella Garcia-salas P#2 Wallace v. Jaffree Facts An Alabama law in 1978 authorized that teachers in public schools could take a minute of “silent mediation “ in the beginning of every school day. In 1981 it became a minute of “silent meditation or voluntary prayer”. Jeffree was a parent of three kids attending public school in Mobile County. His youngest kid was in kindergarten and got bullied by his peers because he refused to say the prayers. That’s when Jeffree decided to sue the…

The Little Rock Nine were mine students who were ‘allowed’ to attend a ‘white school’ in Little Rock, Arkansas, due to the verdict of Brown vs. Topeka. However the students were blocked from entering the school by the Arkansas National Guard, under orders by Governor Faubus. However President Eisenhower intervened in a civil rights event for the first time in his presidency, contradicting his usual uncommitted approach, and sent the US Army to escort and protect the nine students. This instance…

THE SCHOOL DESEGREGATION CASE In May, 1896 the Supreme Court delivered its opinion “Separate is equal” in Plessy v.Ferguson case which meant that separate but equal facilities between Color and White citizens was constitutional; therefore, segregation in school was legal as long as the Black and White students received the same education. This law was upheld for fifty eight years later until May 14, 1954 when the Supreme Court drove to its decision on Brown v. Broad of Education of Topeka…

Justice William Brennan was one of the four that dissented with the majority. In his opinion he was joined with Justice Thurgood Marshall, the second dissenter. In his analysis of the case he argued that the entire institution of the death penalty was unconstitutional. He contended that the death penalty should be abolished because it was a violation of the eighth amendment. He…

One of my American poets I chose is Langston Hughes. He was born on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. Mr. Hughes is a very educated African American man that came from a background of intelligence and educators. In fact, his uncle, John Mercer Langston, was the first African American to be elected to public office. Langston Hughes is a living example of the saying, “You can do what you want”. He moved and was raised by his grandmother after the separation of his parents and she put a since…

Roe sued him because he enforced the law that prohibited women from having an abortion. In a seven-to-two vote, nine Supreme Court justices made the decision in Roe 's Favor. Justices Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Lewis F. Powell Jr, Thurgood Marshall, Warren Burger, William Orville Douglas, Potter Stewart voted in favor of Roe, but unlike the other seven, William H Rennquist, and Bryon White did not agree and voted not in favor…

In his essay, A Matter of Interpretation, Justice Antonin Scalia lays out three key elements of textualism, which are also present in different approaches of statutory and constitutional interpretation. These elements guide other constitutional interpretations like, strict constructionism and living/evolving Constitution. The key elements which are present on the already mentioned approaches are: context, meaning and intent. Justice Scalia states in his essay, “in textual interpretation, context…

The first issue was related to race, de-segregation and the inequality found between the various segregated schools. Robert Lee Carter, a federal district court judge who worked with Thurgood Marshall and the National Association of Colored People (The Merrow Report, 2013), highlighted that the hope of the Brown vs. Board of Education case, would assist Black people with becoming fully realized members of American society through the education…