Thurgood marshall interesting facts
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Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall may have been inspired to become a lawyer after pulling a prank in high school.
As punishment, his principal made Marshall read the U.S. Constitution, which outlines the rights all Americans should have. But Marhsall was born on July 2, 1908, in Maryland, a time when Black people were discriminated against in southern states. He knew that Black people didn't have the same rights as other white Americans and realized the best way to fight for justice was through the law.
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After graduating from law school, Marshall started working on civil rights cases to fight for equality for African Americans. But probably his best known case was Brown vs. Board of Education, which challenged school segregation, when white and Black students are forced to go to separate schools. Marshall argued in front of the Supreme Court, the highest court in the United States, that "separate" was not equal, as people who supported segregation believed. (Part of this case involved an African-Amer
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Thurgood Marshall facts for kids
Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Marshall served on the Court from 1967 to 1991. In 1946 he was awarded the Springarn Medal for all his achievements and hard work for the NAACP. Marshall had been one of the NAACP's top lawyers. He was also Solicitor General of the United States.
Early life and education
Thurgood Marshall was originally named "Thoroughgood" (his paternal grandfather's name), but he changed it to the briefer "Thurgood" when he was in the second grade.
Marshall was born on July 2, 1908, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Norma and William Canfield Marshall. His father held various jobs as a waiter in hotels, in clubs, and on railroad cars, and his mother was a schoolteacher. The family moved to New York City in search of better employment opportunities not long after Thurgood's birth. They returned to Baltimore when he was six years old. He was an energetic and boisterous child who frequently found himself in tr
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Born in 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, Marshall attended Howard University where he achieved his law degree. In his early days as an attorney, Marshall took many cases to defend African Americans in court. He was very aware of the injustices that the black community were experiencing during that time and he became legal counsel to the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).
His position as attorney led him to win a case “Brown v. Board of Education” that officially ended racial discrimination in the public school system. It was deemed that the practice of segregation was a violation of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution. This case led him to become nationally known and a hero in the eyes of those that wanted racial equality. The passage of this ruling helped in the civil rights movement as it increased in popularity across the country and Marshall become one of the most well-known and popular attorneys.
In 1961, John F. Kennedy was the new President of the United States and he appointed Marshall as a U.S. Second Circuit Court of Ap
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