Biographical Account of Thurgood Marshall

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This paper briefly recounts the childhood years of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history, and then proceeds to discuss his legal career in greater detail. The paper looks at Marshall's involvement in two landmark civil rights cases and his commitment to and active involvement in the civil rights movement.

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"To some of us, Thurgood Marshall is the first black man ever to become Supreme Court Justice but to most Americans, he is more than that. His name today symbolizes complete equality and freedom, not only for blacks but also for every individual regardless of his color or race. To associate Marshall with law alone and to discuss his accomplishments in this context might be unfair to a person who devoted his whole life to the creation of a moral society where every individual is accorded equal rights and where color doesn't determine or plague civil rights. Thus Marshall was the man who taught us to value freedom and equality over "heritage" or "history". He must therefore be remembered as a champion of civil rights and as someone who had the courage to reject rigid interpretations of law to create a better and more humane society for every individual."

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