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Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991.
The majority opinion was written by Justice Thurgood Marshall, joined by Chief Justice Warren, Justice Douglas, Justice Harlan, and Justice Fortas. In a unanimous ruling, the court reversed the decision of Supreme Court of Georgia and held that "the mere private possession of the obscene matter cannot be constitutionally be made a crime". [8] [10]
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun ... Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), was a landmark criminal case in which the United States Supreme Court decided that arbitrary and ...
Gregg v. Georgia, Proffitt v.Florida, Jurek v.Texas, Woodson v.North Carolina, and Roberts v.Louisiana, 428 U.S. 153 (1976), is a landmark decision of the U.S ...
Fort Valley State University (FVSU, formerly Fort Valley State College and Fort Valley Normal and Industrial School) is a public land-grant historically black university in Fort Valley, Georgia. It is part of the University System of Georgia and a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
Thurgood Marshall, the lead lawyer of the NAACP, pressed the Justice Department and the FBI to initiate a civil rights and domestic violence investigation into the beatings. Marshall convinced the Justice Department that the beatings violated the men's rights, and the FBI dispatched agents to investigate.
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun ... Georgia, 461 U.S. 660 (1983), was a landmark [1] [2] U.S. Supreme Court case holding that a local government can only imprison ...
WIley A. Branton (far right) with Thurgood Marshall. Wiley Austin Branton (1923–1988) was a prominent civil rights lawyer and activist from Arkansas. [1] Branton rose to prominence after filing the suit against the Little Rock School Board which would eventually be heard before the Supreme Court. [2]