Thurgood Marshall lived from 1908 to 1993 and was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991, the Court's first African-American justice. Before his judicial service he was an attorney who fought for civil rights, leading the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and winning 29 of the 32 civil rights cases he argued before the Supreme Court, culminating in the Court's landmark 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which rejected the separate but equal doctrine and held segregation in public education unconstitutional. President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Marshall to the Supreme Court in 1967, where he was a staunch liberal who frequently dissented as the Court became more conservative, including in more than 1,400 cases with Justice William J. Brennan Jr. in which the majority declined to review a death sentence.
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RoleAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1967-1991, the Court's first African-American justice; previously director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of Death Classification
Field of LawLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence 1 Role
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What was Thurgood Marshall's record as a civil rights lawyer?
He won 29 of 32 Supreme Court civil rights cases, including Brown v. Board of Education.
Before his judicial service Marshall led the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and won 29 of the 32 civil rights cases he argued before the Supreme Court. The work culminated in the 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which rejected the separate but equal doctrine and held segregation in public education unconstitutional.
How did Marshall serve on the Supreme Court?
The Court's first African-American justice, 1967 to 1991, often in dissent.
President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him in 1967, making him the Court's first African-American justice. He served until 1991 as a staunch liberal who frequently dissented as the Court became more conservative, including in more than 1,400 cases with Justice William J. Brennan Jr. in which the majority declined to review a death sentence.
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Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991.
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Wikimedia FoundationEarly life and education section, first sentence
Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2, 1908, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Norma and William Canfield Marshall.
Retirement, later life, and death section
on January 24, 1993, at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center, he died of heart failure.
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Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall (July 2, 1908 - January 24, 1993) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991.
Full article, field of law
The Court to which he was appointed-the Warren Court-had a consistent liberal majority, and Marshall's jurisprudence was similar to that of its leaders, Chief Justice Warren and Justice William J.
- Member Of: United States Supreme Court, lead states served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991
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WikipediaEarly life and education section, first sentence
Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2, 1908, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Norma and William Canfield Marshall.
final section, death sentence
His health continued to deteriorate, and, on January 24, 1993, at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center, he died of heart failure.
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birth name (P1477): Thoroughgood Marshall
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- In Legal System: Law of the United States, Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall (July 2, 1908, January 24, 1993) was an American lawyer who served as an associate jus
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