Thurgood Marshall was a groundbreaking civil rights lawyer and the first African American Supreme Court Justice, whose legal victories dismantled legal segregation.
Marshall worked for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, arguing 32 cases before the Supreme Court. His most famous victory was Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which declared school segregation unconstitutional. Later appointed to the Supreme Court, he championed civil rights and social justice.
Marshall's legal legacy is the dismantling of de jure segregation. His Supreme Court opinions championed civil rights for decades.
He was the NAACP's lead lawyer
Brown v. Board was his greatest legal victory
He served on the Supreme Court for 24 years
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