Thurgood Marshall

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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
Thurgood 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
NAACP lawyer
civil rights lawyer
human
judge
lawyer
advocatedFor desegregation of public schools
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
Thurgood Marshall Jr.
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1908-07-02
dateOfDeath 1993-01-24
educatedAt Howard University
surface form: Howard University School of Law

Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)
employer NAACP
surface form: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
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
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
being the first African American Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
leading legal strategist of the civil rights movement
notableDissent Furman v. Georgia
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
notableWork Brown v. Board of Education
McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents
Shelley v. Kraemer
Smith v. Allwright
Sweatt v. Painter
numberOfChildren 2
placeOfBirth Baltimore
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
placeOfDeath Bethesda, Maryland
surface form: Bethesda, Maryland, United States
politicalAlignment liberal
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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
religion Episcopalian
spouse Cecilia Suyat Marshall
Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall
startTime 1967-10-02

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NAACP keyPerson Thurgood Marshall
Oliver Brown legalRepresentation Thurgood Marshall
Heman Marion Sweatt legalRepresentationBy Thurgood Marshall
Doe v. Bolton majorityJusticesJoining Thurgood Marshall
KBWI namedAfter Thurgood Marshall
subject surface form: Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Thurgood Marshall College Fund namedAfter Thurgood Marshall
subject surface form: Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse
Brown v. Board of Education notableAttorney Thurgood Marshall
Arlington National Cemetery notableBurial Thurgood Marshall
Spingarn Medal notableRecipient Thurgood Marshall
John W. Marshall notableRelative Thurgood Marshall
Vivian notableRelative Thurgood Marshall
subject surface form: Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall
Laurence Fishburne notableWork Thurgood Marshall
this entity surface form: Thurgood
Chadwick Boseman portrayed Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas predecessor Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall Jr. relative Thurgood Marshall
Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall roleInLifeOf Thurgood Marshall
Genius (TV series) season4Subject Thurgood Marshall
Cecilia Suyat Marshall spouse Thurgood Marshall
Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall spouse Thurgood Marshall
Vivian spouse Thurgood Marshall
subject surface form: Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall
Buster spouse Thurgood Marshall
subject surface form: Vivian Burey Marshall
Genius (TV series) subject Thurgood Marshall
Tom C. Clark succeededBy (on Supreme Court) Thurgood Marshall
Vivian supportedWorkOf Thurgood Marshall
subject surface form: Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall
Cecilia Suyat Marshall workedWith Thurgood Marshall