Thurgood Marshall's Grave - Arlington National Cemetery, Washington D.C
Photo Credit: Nosa Ali- Located in the Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C
Thurgood Family
Thurgood Marshall was the first black Supreme Court Justice. Mr. Marshall was married twice. His first wife Vivian Burey who died of lung cancer in 1955. He then remarried Cecilia Suyat. Together they had two sons, Thurgood Jr.(Goody) who is a lawyer and former deputy Counsel to Al Gore and John W. Marshall who is the former Director of the U.S. Marshall Service.
Brown Vs. Board of Education Case
Brown Vs. Board of Education Case:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XMNGNXGo82g
Background on Case-
Before and during the Brown vs. Board of Education case states allowed segregation in public schools and would not allow Linda Brown, a young African American girl to attend an all white school. She wanted to attend this school because it was closer and more convenient then the school she had initially, The Browns appealed to the U.S supreme court after the U.S District Court ruled in favor of the schools board of education. In 1952 this court case along with 4 other similar cases came before the supreme court. Marshall who argued the case stated that separate school systems for blacks and whites were inherently unequal and thus, violate the "equal protection clause" of the Fourteenth Amendment. He also argued that segregated school systems had a tendency to make black children feel inferior to white children. After several years of meetings and discussions, finally in 1953 a unanimous decision declared that segregation in public schools were unconstitutional In 1954 the court stated, "We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of separate but equal has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." This supreme court decision allowed Linda Brown and all African American children to attend public schools with Whites.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XMNGNXGo82g
Background on Case-
Before and during the Brown vs. Board of Education case states allowed segregation in public schools and would not allow Linda Brown, a young African American girl to attend an all white school. She wanted to attend this school because it was closer and more convenient then the school she had initially, The Browns appealed to the U.S supreme court after the U.S District Court ruled in favor of the schools board of education. In 1952 this court case along with 4 other similar cases came before the supreme court. Marshall who argued the case stated that separate school systems for blacks and whites were inherently unequal and thus, violate the "equal protection clause" of the Fourteenth Amendment. He also argued that segregated school systems had a tendency to make black children feel inferior to white children. After several years of meetings and discussions, finally in 1953 a unanimous decision declared that segregation in public schools were unconstitutional In 1954 the court stated, "We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of separate but equal has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." This supreme court decision allowed Linda Brown and all African American children to attend public schools with Whites.
Thurgood Marshall and President Lyndon B. Johnson
Thurgood Marshall and President Lyndon B. Johnson meeting in the Oval Office regarding announcement of Marshall's nomination as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Thurgood Marshall Statue
Statue Of Former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall The First Black Member Of The High Court. The Statue Is In Front Of A Government Building By The Maryland Statehouse In Annapolis Maryland.
The Thurgood Marshall School of Law Collection
The Thurgood Marshall School of Law Collection provides documents and photographs chronicling the history of the law school – its faculty, staff, students and alumni.