Thurgood Marshall: Supreme Court Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall? He was the first African-American to go into the Supreme
Court Justice. While working as a lawyer he argued over 32 cases before he go into the
supreme court and he won 29 of them. Thurgood Marshall accomplished many things in
life and in being a lawyer.
Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2, 1908 in Baltimore Maryland. He applied to
the University of Maryland law school and was denied admission because he was black. He graduated Lincoln university with a bachelor's degree in 1926. He attended Howard …show more content…
The most famous civil right case he is known for is Brown vs. Board on May 17.1954. He was appointed to the Supreme Court on October 2, 1967. Thurgood served 24 years in court and was the first African-American to go into the Supreme Court. He was 32 when he won his very first case Chambers v. Florida, before the he entered the Supreme Court. President John F. Kennedy appointed Marshall to the 2nd
Court Justice. While working as a lawyer he argued over 32 cases before he go into the
supreme court and he won 29 of them. Thurgood Marshall accomplished many things in
life and in being a lawyer.
Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2, 1908 in Baltimore Maryland. He applied to
the University of Maryland law school and was denied admission because he was black. He graduated Lincoln university with a bachelor's degree in 1926. He attended Howard …show more content…
The most famous civil right case he is known for is Brown vs. Board on May 17.1954. He was appointed to the Supreme Court on October 2, 1967. Thurgood served 24 years in court and was the first African-American to go into the Supreme Court. He was 32 when he won his very first case Chambers v. Florida, before the he entered the Supreme Court. President John F. Kennedy appointed Marshall to the 2nd