Thurgood Marshall was an influential civil rights lawyer and activist who became the first African American Supreme Court justice. Some key events: - 1938: Marshall became head of the NAACP and began arguing civil rights cases. - 1956: Marshall took on multiple cases challenging racial segregation at colleges in Alabama despite threats and violence from protesters. - 1967: Marshall was appointed as a Supreme Court Justice, where he served until 1991 and heard many cases related to racial equality and justice. - Throughout his career, Marshall demonstrated courage and determination in advocating for civil rights despite facing significant opposition and danger at times. He played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement and expanding equal protection under the law.

1. Thurgood MarshallBook by D.J. HerdaPresentation by Doug Robbins

2. Thurgood’s Courage Timeline1938: Marshall becomes head of NAACP, (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)1933: Marshall presents his first case against colleges being racist1956: Marshall took on multiple cases of African-American people not being allowed into colleges in Alabama, despite bombs, fires, guns from protesters 1941: Marshall took on a murder case that was doomed from the start, the Lyons case.1967: Marshall became a Supreme Court Justice judge

3. Thurgood’s Courage Timeline 1970: became very ill with pneumonia and other sicknesses, yet didn’t resign from his job Early 1980’s: many cases presented to the court about the special treatment of colored people over others1991: resigned as a Supreme Court judge

4. Color Collage Red is for Determined Thurgood Marshall is determined in many ways. During the Lyons case, in which Lyons, an African-American person was sued for murdering a white girl, Lyons admitted that he had killed the girl. Even though the case was doomed from then on, Marshall still took the case and tried create equal justice, because later it was proved that Lyons had been beaten, making him (maybe) decide to give in and admit rather than be beaten more.

5. Color Collage Orange is for Witty Even though he may not look it, Thurgood Marshall was actually A very funny person. When he became old, he didn’t lose his sense of humor and continued to crack funny jokes. One of his many wise-cracks was when he was at his retiree party, he said “We have enough justices to decide a case.”

6. Color Collage Yellow is for Intelligent To be in Thurgood Marshall’s line of work, you have to be veryintelligent. Marshall was a judge, attorney, lawyer, and NAACP worker and NAACP president. Some of those require the same knowledge, but for each one he had to tweak the knowledge a bit, so almost like he was relearning it.

7. Marshall’s Special PlaceThurgood Marshall’s special place is the Supreme Court building.Thurgood Marshall would like this place because he already worked there, so he is familiar with it, and it is where the people decide what is fair, and what isn’t, and what is racial injustice, the latter two the very things he was trying to prevent.

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