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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thurgood Marshall canonical | 143 |
| Justice Thurgood Marshall | 22 |
| Thurgood | 2 |
| Thurgood Marshall (in part) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6496 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thurgood Marshall Context triple: [Episcopal Church, historicallyInfluentialMembers, Thurgood Marshall]
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Paul G. Kirk
Paul G. Kirk is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts following the death of Edward M. Kennedy.
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B.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a pioneering American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and became a leading advocate for gender equality and civil rights.
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C.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was a 19th-century American physician, poet, and essayist known for his wit, literary works, and contributions to medical reform.
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D.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent American civil rights leader and Baptist minister who advocated nonviolent resistance to racial segregation and injustice.
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E.
Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thurgood Marshall Target entity description: 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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A.
Paul G. Kirk
Paul G. Kirk is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts following the death of Edward M. Kennedy.
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B.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a pioneering American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and became a leading advocate for gender equality and civil rights.
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C.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was a 19th-century American physician, poet, and essayist known for his wit, literary works, and contributions to medical reform.
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D.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent American civil rights leader and Baptist minister who advocated nonviolent resistance to racial segregation and injustice.
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E.
Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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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surface form:
Howard University School of Law
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) ⓘ |
| employer |
NAACP
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surface form:
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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surface form:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Bethesda, Maryland
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surface form:
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thurgood Marshall Description of subject: 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
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City of Canton v. Harris
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Justice Thurgood Marshall
Civil Service Commission v. National Association of Letter Carriers
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