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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.
Thurgood Marshall (1908–1993) Thurgood Marshall, first Black Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, is photographed on his first day in court wearing judicial robes Oct. 2, 1967. (AP Photo/Bob ...
The NAACP, led by Thurgood Marshall (who became the first black Supreme Court Justice in 1967), was successful in challenging the constitutional viability of the "separate but equal" doctrine. The Warren Court voted to overturn sixty years of law that had developed under Plessy. The Warren Court outlawed segregated public education facilities ...
Marshall faced five days of questioning at hearings that were conducted over a several-week period. [17] The hearings were held by the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 13, 14, 18, 19, and 24, 1967. [ 3 ] [ 18 ] The overall duration of hearings (5 days) was relatively long when compared to the hearings of most previous nominees that testified ...
The Columbia Peace and Justice Initiative responds to historian's opinion about its proposal to erect a Thurgood Marshall statue on East 8th Street.
June 13 – Thurgood Marshall is the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. July 23–27 – The Detroit riot erupts in Detroit, Michigan, for five days following a raid by the Detroit Police Department on an unlicensed club which celebrated the returning Vietnam Veteran hosted by mostly African Americans. More than 43 (33 ...
The statue of American civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall will replace the bust of late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Roger The post Statue of Thurgood Marshall to replace bust of racist Supreme ...
A totally separate organization from the NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) was set up by Thurgood Marshall in 1940; it became fully independent of the NAACP in 1957. While NAACP is a membership organization with chapters across the country, LDF is a law firm in New York City that focuses on civil rights lawsuits.