NAME: Thurgood Marshall
BIRTH DATE: July 2nd, 1908
BIRTH PLACE: West Baltimore, MD
DATE OF DEATH: January 24th, 1993
PARENTS: William and Norma Marshall
FAMILY:
Aubrey Marshall (brother)
OCCUPATION: Lawyer/Supreme Court Justice
IMPORTANT EVENTS\THINGS TO REMEMBER
ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL:
Thurgood Marshall was selected to
serve on the Supreme Court, June 13, 1967. He was the first
African American Supreme Court Justice, and he served for 23
years before he retired in 1991. Marshall served as the
Director of Counsel for the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People) for 21 years. Thurgood Marshall was also a
prominent lawyer. He is known for his role in Brown v. Board
of Education. The decision for this case made segregation in
schools legal. Marshall won an amazing 29 of the 32 cases he
argued as a lawyer.
