Thurgood Marshall

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Thurgood Marshall
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July 2nd 1908

• He was born in Baltimore, Maryland

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1926

• He attended college at Lincoln University in
  Chester County PA.

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1931

• Maryland law school rejected him. So He went to
  Howard Law School.

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Judge

• He became a judge after law school.

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1934

• He began to work at the NAACP.

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Brown v. Board1954

• Was his most important court case.

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1965

• Appointed Attorney General for Lyndon B. Johnson.

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1967

• Appointed 1st Black Supreme Court Justice

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1991

• Retired From Supreme Court

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1993

• He died at 84

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THE MOVEMENT

• HE INSPIRED MANY PEOPLE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS
  MOVEMENT.

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God

• Thurgood had faith in God and even in tough times
  he wouldnt give up on God. Many other people in
  the south did the same.

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Want to read more

• Go to these websites
• http//chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/hill/marshall.htm
• http//www.biography.com/articles/Thurgood-Marshal
  l-9400241
• Or see my Uncle Bill