Thurgood Marshall
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Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
NAACP lawyer
civil rights lawyer
human
judge
lawyer
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice and a pioneering civil rights lawyer who successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education, helping dismantle legal segregation in the United States.
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| Justice Thurgood Marshall | 7 |
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| instanceOf |
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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NAACP lawyer ⓘ civil rights lawyer ⓘ human ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
desegregation of public schools
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expansion of individual rights under the U.S. Constitution ⓘ racial equality ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ |
| awarded | Spingarn Medal ⓘ |
| barAdmission | Maryland bar ⓘ |
| birthName | Thoroughgood Marshall ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| child |
John W. Marshall
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Thurgood Marshall Jr. ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1908-07-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1993-01-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Howard University
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Howard University School of Law
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) ⓘ |
| employer |
NAACP
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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
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| endTime | 1991-10-01 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | African American ⓘ |
| fullName | Thurgood Marshall self-link ⓘ |
| graduatedWithDegree | law degree ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
Thurgood Marshall College at the University of California, San Diego named in his honor
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Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building named in his honor ⓘ Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse in New York named in his honor ⓘ |
| knownFor |
arguing cases to end racial segregation in public education
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being the first African American Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ leading legal strategist of the civil rights movement ⓘ |
| notableDissent |
Furman v. Georgia
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San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Brown v. Board of Education
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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents ⓘ Shelley v. Kraemer ⓘ Smith v. Allwright ⓘ Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Baltimore
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Bethesda, Maryland
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Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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| politicalAlignment | liberal ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Chief Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ⓘ Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ
surface form:
Solicitor General of the United States
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| religion | Episcopalian ⓘ |
| spouse |
Cecilia Suyat Marshall
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Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall ⓘ |
| startTime | 1967-10-02 ⓘ |
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