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appointedBy
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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appointedToOffice
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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awardReceived
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Spingarn Medal
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birthName
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Thoroughgood Marshall
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causeOfDeath
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heart failure
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countryOfCitizenship
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United States of America
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dateOfBirth
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1908-07-02
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dateOfDeath
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1993-01-24
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educatedAt
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Howard University School of Law
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educatedAt
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Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)
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employer
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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
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endTime
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1991-10-01
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ethnicGroup
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Black Americans
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surface form:
African Americans
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familyName
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Marshall
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fieldOfWork
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civil rights law
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fieldOfWork
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constitutional law
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givenName
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Thurgood Marshall
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surface form:
Thurgood
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honorificPrefix
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Justice
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instanceOf
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African American
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instanceOf
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Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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instanceOf
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civil rights activist
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instanceOf
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human
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instanceOf
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judge
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instanceOf
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lawyer
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languageSpoken
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English
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memberOf
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Democratic Party
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surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
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memberOf
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NAACP
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nominatedBy
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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notableFor
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first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
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notableWork
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Brown v. Board of Education
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notableWork
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Shelley v. Kraemer
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notableWork
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Smith v. Allwright
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notableWork
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Sweatt v. Painter
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occupation
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civil rights advocate
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occupation
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judge
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occupation
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lawyer
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placeOfBirth
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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placeOfDeath
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Bethesda, Maryland
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surface form:
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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positionHeld
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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positionHeld
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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positionHeld
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Solicitor General of the United States
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precededBy
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Tom C. Clark
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religion
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Episcopal Church
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sexOrGender
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male
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spouse
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Cecilia Suyat Marshall
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spouse
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Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall
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startTime
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1967-10-02
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succeededBy
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Clarence Thomas
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workLocation
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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workLocation
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New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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workLocation
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Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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