Thurgood Marshall was undoubtedly an amazing American, and he has just joined more than 35 others in the "Meet Amazing Americans" section of the America's Library Web site for kids and families. |
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Marshall was the first African-American member of the U.S. Supreme Court. He served on the court from 1967 until he retired in 1991. Earlier in his career, Marshall worked as a lawyer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and helped win the 1954 landmark desegregation case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. Throughout his life, Marshall used the law to promote civil rights and social justice. America's Library is a Web site designed especially for kids, but family members of all ages will enjoy its multimedia stories about this nation's extraordinary people and history. Stories about Marshall are in the "Amazing Americans" under "Leaders & Statesmen." Marshall (1908-1993) is one of many Supreme Court Justices to donate
his personal papers to the Library of Congress, where they are available
to researchers in the Manuscript
Reading Room. |
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