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About Justice Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)

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How Thurgood Marshall Became the first Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice

As a civil rights attorney, he won a landmark case to end segregation in public schools—then fought to uphold those gains through dissent on a changing Court. This National Geographic article outlines how our namesake became the first Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

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