Thurgood Marshall (in part dissenting overall)

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Thurgood Marshall was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice, renowned for his civil rights advocacy and his role as lead attorney in Brown v. Board of Education.

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instanceOf Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
civil rights advocate ⓘ
human ⓘ
judge ⓘ
advocatedFor desegregation of public schools ⓘ
equal protection under the law for racial minorities ⓘ
voting rights protections ⓘ
appointedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
awardReceived Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
Spingarn Medal ⓘ
barAdmission Maryland bar ⓘ
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1908-07-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1993-01-24 ⓘ
educatedAt Howard University School of Law ⓘ
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) ⓘ
employer NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ
endTime 1991-10-01 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Marshall ⓘ
givenName Thurgood ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for racial equality and civil rights ⓘ
first African American Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
legalPhilosophy support for broad interpretation of individual rights under the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
memberOf Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
notableWork argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in numerous civil rights cases ⓘ
lead attorney in Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
occupation attorney ⓘ
civil rights lawyer ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bethesda, Maryland, United States ⓘ
linked to: Bethesda, Maryland
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ⓘ
Solicitor General of the United States ⓘ
religion Episcopal Church ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent nominated to the Supreme Court in 1967 ⓘ
served as U.S. Solicitor General from 1965 to 1967 ⓘ
successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ⓘ
spouse Cecilia Suyat Marshall ⓘ
Vivian Burey Marshall ⓘ
startTime 1967-10-02 ⓘ
workedOn McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents ⓘ
Shelley v. Kraemer ⓘ
Smith v. Allwright ⓘ
Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ

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Marsh v. Chambers → majorityJustices → Thurgood Marshall (in part dissenting overall) ⓘ
Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff → nonParticipatingJustice → Justice Thurgood Marshall did not take part in the decision ⓘ
linked to: Thurgood Marshall (in part dissenting overall)
Pickering balancing test → developedBy → Justice Thurgood Marshall (majority opinion in Pickering) ⓘ
linked to: Thurgood Marshall (in part dissenting overall)