Thurgood Marshall

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Thurgood Marshall

• He was the first African American in the supreme
  court justice.

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Thurgood Marshall Childhood

• He was born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 2,
  1908.
• He had his first fight with his brother when he
  was ten.
• When Thurgood got in trouble at school, he had to
  go to the basement and learn parts about the
  United States Constitution by heart.
• By Jocelyn

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Thurgood Marshall Adulthood

• Just before graduation he married Vivian Buster
  Burey. Their 25 year marriage ended by her cancer
  in 1955.
• In 1967 he became the first African-American
  elevated to U.S. supreme court.
• In 1991 he retired from the Supreme Court.
• In 1993 he died at 84.
• By Megan

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Thurgood Marshall Problems

• In 1930 he applied to the university Maryland
  law school but he was denied because he was
  black.
• In 1967 he had a heart attack and he recovered.
• He was always ready to fight and sometimes he
  didnt know when it was best to keep his mouth
  shut.
• By Avery

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Thurgood Marshall Acheivments

• In 1933 Thurgood Marshall graduates first in his
  class from Howard University School of Law.
• In 1934 Marshall sues the University of Maryland
  for refusing to admit Donald Murray, an
  African/American, to its law school. A year later
  Marshall wins the lawsuit.
• In 1967 president Johnson nominates Marshall to
  be the first African/American justice on the
  Supreme Court.
  
• By William

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Thurgood Marshall

• By the Penguins
• William, Avery, Jocelyn, Megan

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