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Thurgood Marshall
(July 2, 1908 - January 24, 1993)
Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Ever since he was young, he was surrounded by the law. On his father’s days off he would take Marshall to the courthouse. Afterward, his father would debate him on issues, challenging him to defend his stance. Growing up in Baltimore, Maryland he was exposed to racial discrimination which influenced his perspective of the world. He graduated from Howard University and began working at a firm. He worked on cases such as police brutality, evictions. From there he gained recognition and was hired by unions and various interest groups in legal cases. This led him to the Brown v Board of Education which he famously won and helped set the nation's schools on the track to desegregate. Years later, President Lyndon B. Johnson would appoint Marshall as the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
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