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Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991.
Joseph Spell - in which an African-American chauffeur [1] was accused of raping Eleanor Strubing, a wealthy white woman who was his boss. [2] The accusations and trial made sensational headlines. Spell was represented by Samuel Friedman and future US Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall. The case is featured in the 2017 film Marshall. [3]
Formal nomination sent to the Senate signed by President Johnson. Thurgood Marshall was nominated to serve as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on June 13, 1967 to fill the seat being vacated by Tom C. Clark.
Thurgood Marshall † Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States & the Supreme Court's First African-American Justice Colin Powell: WD: 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff [5] [11] Joseph L. Rauh Jr. † Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Lawyer Martha Raye: Comic Actress & Singer [52] John Minor Wisdom
The president handled Supreme Court appointments. Other judges were selected by Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Including new federal judgeships created in 1961, 130 individuals were appointed to the federal courts. Among them was Thurgood Marshall, who later joined the Supreme Court. Ivy League undergraduate colleges were attended by 9% of ...
In April 1941, Thurgood Marshall is an NAACP lawyer traveling the country defending people of color who are wrongly accused of crimes because of racial prejudice. Upon his return to his New York City office, he is sent to Bridgeport, Connecticut, to defend Joseph Spell, a chauffeur accused of rape by his white employer, Eleanor Strubing, in a case that has gripped the newspapers.
Cecilia Suyat was born in Hawaii on July 20, 1928. WASHINGTON (AP) — Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat Marshall, the wife of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall who worked alongside the ...
The first African-American appointed to the court was Thurgood Marshall, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967. Johnson appointed Marshall to the Supreme Court following the retirement of Justice Tom C. Clark , saying that this was "the right thing to do, the right time to do it, the right man and the right place."