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Why Was Thurgood Marshall Important
Thurgood Marshall was important because when he was in the Supreme Court Justice he was part of destroying the ground of Jim Crow Segregation. Thurgood and other lawyers went to court to stop segregations of schools. The case was known as Brown vs The Board of Topeka Kansas. Also, he helped abolish the last idea of slavery, freedom of speech, and wealthfare. He was the first African American in the Supreme Court and that changed people’s perspective in the Supreme Court. He was in many court cases. He had from people to presidents hate him, but that didn’t stop him. He fought until his voice was heard. And eventually, it was. He tried to show people that white Americans aren't better than African Americans, they are both human beings. Now,

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