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1993 - Death of Thurgood Marshall

On January 24, 1993, Thurgood Marshall, the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice, passed away at the age of 84. A towering figure in American legal history, Marshall was best known for arguing and winning the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, which led to the desegregation of public schools.

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