Thoroughgood Marshall

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African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States civil rights activist human judge lawyer

Thoroughgood Marshall, better known as Thurgood Marshall, was a pioneering American civil rights lawyer and the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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instanceOf African American ⓘ
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
appointedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
appointedToOffice Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
awardReceived Spingarn Medal ⓘ
birthName Thoroughgood Marshall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1908-07-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1993-01-24 ⓘ
educatedAt Howard University School of Law ⓘ
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) ⓘ
employer NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ
endTime 1991-10-01 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans
familyName Marshall ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
givenName Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
surface form: Thurgood
honorificPrefix Justice ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)

NAACP ⓘ
nominatedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
notableFor first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
notableWork Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
Shelley v. Kraemer ⓘ
Smith v. Allwright ⓘ
Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ
occupation civil rights advocate ⓘ
judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bethesda, Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Bethesda, Maryland, United States
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ⓘ
Solicitor General of the United States ⓘ
precededBy Tom C. Clark ⓘ
religion Episcopal Church ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Cecilia Suyat Marshall ⓘ
Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall ⓘ
startTime 1967-10-02 ⓘ
succeededBy Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ
workLocation Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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subject surface form: Thurgood Marshall