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Name: Thurgood Marshall Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland Date of Birth: July 2nd, 1908 Job Name/Title/Employer: Civil rights activist, Legal professional Education: Lincoln University, Howard University Law School

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About Me
I was born on July 2nd, 1908 in Baltmore, Maryland. My parents are Will Marshall and Norma Williams and I am Episcopalian. As a young boy, I enjoyed going to the courtrooms to watch cases. I attended Frederick Douglass Senior High School and was on the debate team. I graduated in 1926 and went on to Lincoln University.

After graduating with honors in 1930, I applied to Maryland Law School, but was rejected because of my rce. I attended school at Howard University. I graduated in 1933. In 1934, I began working for the Baltimore branch of the NAACP. In my first case, I defended Donald Murray, who was rejected from the University of Maryland Law School. I won Murray v. Pearson in January of 1936. I then moved yo New York for the next few years, where I won many cases to end segregation. In 1940 I experienced my first victory before the Supreme Court in Chambers v. Florida.

One of the biggest achievements in my lifetime was my victory at Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. This case challenged the legal underpinning of segregation in public schools. I became one of the most successful lawyers of my time.

In 1961, John F. Kennedy appointed me as a judge for the second circuit court of appeals. I issued over one hundred decisions, none of which were overturned. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed me as the first black US solicitor general. During this, I fought to end segregation and supported civil rights. I retired in 1991 and died in 1993.

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 * In 1935, I won Murray v. Pearson. Donald Murray was not allowed to go to the University of Maryland. I fought to get him admitted, and won. It was my first victory in a civil rights case.


 * In 1954, I won Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. Linda Brown was forced to walk over railroad tracks to get to her black school, when there was a white school just blocks away. I fought to get her into the white school and end segregation of public schools. We won and segregation of public schools was ruled unconstitutional.


 * In 1961, John F. Kennedy appointed me to the US second circuit court of appeals. I issued over 100 decisions and won almost all of them.


 * In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson appointed me as solicitor general. I won 14 of the 19 cases I was involved in.

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