Cecilia Suyat Marshall
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Cecilia Suyat Marshall was a Filipino American civil rights activist and longtime NAACP staff member who played a key behind-the-scenes role in the civil rights movement and was married to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Filipino American
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NAACP staff member ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Brown v. Board of Education
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NAACP civil rights litigation campaigns ⓘ |
| birthName | Cecilia Suyat ⓘ |
| child |
John W. Marshall
ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall Jr. ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-07-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-11-22 ⓘ |
| employer |
NAACP
ⓘ
surface form:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
|
| ethnicGroup |
Asian American
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surface form:
Filipino American
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| familyName | Marshall ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil rights
ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Cecilia ⓘ |
| heritage | Filipino ⓘ |
| knownFor | behind-the-scenes role in the civil rights movement ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1955 ⓘ |
| memberOf |
NAACP
ⓘ
surface form:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
|
| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the widow of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall
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supporting legal work on Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| notableWork | behind-the-scenes work in the civil rights movement ⓘ |
| occupation |
NAACP staff member
ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ secretary ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Puʻunēnē, Maui, Territory of Hawaii, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Falls Church
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surface form:
Falls Church, Virginia, United States
|
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| spouse | Thurgood Marshall ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| workedAt |
NAACP
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surface form:
NAACP national office in New York
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| workedWith |
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
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surface form:
NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorneys
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Thurgood Marshall