Thurgood Marshall



Thurgood MarshallAlthough Thurgood Marshall was a grandson of a slave, he was taught at a young age to respect the law and the United States Constitution. In 1925, he attended a Black college, Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania. He wanted to go to the University of Maryland Law School, but he was denied the chance, or told no, because he was Black. This event lead Thurgood Marshall on a life-long journey to fight for the rights of all citizens. In that same year, he was accepted at the Howard University Law School. Here he continued his goal for justice for all Americans.Thurgood Marshall’s first major court case was about the University of Maryland not allowing a young African-American to attend the college. He won that case! He later became Chief Counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In 1954, he was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals by President John F. Kennedy and later became a justice, or judge, to the U.S. Supreme Court. Thurgood Marshall won more cases before the U.S. Supreme Court than any other American. He spent his entire life fighting for all people to be treated equally and making sure that the laws were changed to protect the rights of all people. ................
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