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He Was Truly Amazing

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.
Left to right: George E.C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall and James M. Nabrit, congratulating each other, following Supreme Count decision declaring segregation unconstitutional Head-and-shoulders portrait of Jackie Robinson in Brooklyn Dodgers cap; inset image shows Jackie Robinson covering a slide at second base,

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.

The history of African-Americans such as Marshall is richly represented in the online materials of the Library's Web sites. For example, in American Memory, there are 16 presentations relating to African-American history. You can access them all.

 

A. [Left to right: George E.C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall and James M. Nabrit, congratulating each other, following Supreme Count decision declaring segregation unconstitutional], 1954. Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction information: Reproduction No.: LC-USZ62-111236 DLC (b&w film copy neg.); Call No.: NYWTS -- SUBJ/GEOG--Racism

B. [Head-and-shoulders portrait of Jackie Robinson in Brooklyn Dodgers cap; inset image shows Jackie Robinson covering a slide at second base,] ca. 1951. Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction information: Reproduction No.: LC-USZC4-6144 DLC (color film copy transparency); Call No.: Comics box 166a
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