Thurgood
Marshall was born on July 2nd, 2008 and died on January 24th, 1993.He is primarily known as being the first African American US
Supreme Court Justice.
Thurgood Marshall was appointed
to the United States Supreme Court by President Lyndon B. Johnson in
1967.Prior to serving in
that capacity, Thurgood Marshall was also appointed to the United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by President John F. Kennedy in
1961 and was appointed as the United States Solicitor Generalby President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965.
Thurgood Marshallhad a long and succesful tenure as a United States Supreme Court
Justice from 1967 until 1991 when he retired due to age and health
concerns.
He was born in Baltimore
Maryland and educated at Lincoln University and Howard University Law
School.Thurgood Marshall
began work for the NAACP in 1934 and eventually became the
organization's legal director from 1940 until 1961.While serving in this capacity, Attorney Thurgood Marshall won 29
Supreme Court cases including the famous Brown vs. Board of Education of
Topeka which eliminated the legal basis for segregation in the United
States of America.
