On this date, Thurgood Marshall was born, in Baltimore, Maryland. He made history as the first African American Supreme Court Justice, serving from 1967 to 1991.
Before joining the Supreme Court, Marshall was a pioneering civil rights lawyer and the lead attorney in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the landmark case that led to the desegregation of public schools. He also served as the NAACP’s chief counsel and later as a U.S. Court of Appeals judge before being appointed to the Supreme Court by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Marshall’s legacy remains profound in shaping civil rights, justice, and equality in the U.S. ????
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