Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice. Wikipedia
Born: July 2, 1908, Baltimore, MD
Died: January 24, 1993 (age 84 years), Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Spouse: Cecilia Suyat Marshall (m. 1955–1993) and Vivian Burey Marshall (m. 1929–1955)
Parents: Norma Arica Marshall and William Marshall
Children: Thurgood Marshall, Jr. and John W. Marshall
Awards: Presidential Medal of Freedom and Spingarn Medal
Education: Howard University School of Law (1933), Lincoln University (1930), Frederick Douglass High School (1925), and more
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