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He was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Thurgood Marshall
was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Thurgood Marshall [SEP] Introduction
Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's first African-American justice. Prior to his judicial service, he successfully argued several cases before the Supreme Court, including "Brown v. Board of Education". Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Marshall graduated from the Howard University School of Law in 1933. He established a private legal practice in Baltimore before founding the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, where he served as executive director.