Marshall, Thurgood
1908-1993 · Contribution: 1954-1991
Law & Civil Rights
Argued and won Brown v. Board of Education; became the first Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice
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Quick facts
- Born
- 1908-1993
- Category
- Law & Civil Rights
Impact on the world
Marshall dismantled the legal architecture of Jim Crow through the courts, then joined the very Supreme Court whose precedents he had overturned.
Sources
- NAACP
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