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Thurgood Marshall
Title: Thurgood Marshall
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 694 | Pages: 3.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall
The first African-American Supreme Court Justice
Although he lived in a time of great peril and reconstruction, Thugood Marshall
made a stand. As a college aged boy Thurgood tried to enter The University of Maryland
Law School, but was rejected because he was black, and although he was rejected, he did
not give up hope. Another opportunity presented itself in the form of Howard University
Law School. Marshall was impressed by and became …showed first 75 words of 694 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 694 total…died of heart failure in Washington, D.C. in January 1993. He was buried in Arlington
National Cemetery. He was survived by his second wife, Cecilia Marshall, and their two
sons. Like many Supreme Court justices, he left all of his personal papers, including his
notes from meetings with other justices, to the Library of Congress. Contrary to usual
practice, Marshall declared that his papers should be open for immediate use by scholars,
journalists, and others.
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