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Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court justice, lived in Morningside Gardens. The Thurgood Marshall Room in 80 LaSalle Street is named after him. [12] Ivy V. Polk, actress, widow of Gone with the Wind actor Oscar Polk, is a resident of Morningside Gardens since the late 1950s.
The United States Congress passed a bill in 2001, renaming the building in honor of Thurgood Marshall. [46] [47] The legislation was signed into law on August 20, 2001, and the building was rededicated on April 15, 2003. [48] In November 2006, the Second Circuit left the Marshall Courthouse while the building underwent extensive renovations.
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.
He was previously president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), which represents the 47 publicly-supported historically Black colleges and universities in the United States. In February 2018, President Donald Trump appointed Taylor chair of the President's Advisory Board on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. [ 2 ]
The Thurgood Marshall College fund supports 55 schools and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, charitable organization, which means it does not pay taxes on its income. [6] TMCF was granted $50 million in 2015 by Apple, [7] $26.5 million in 2017 by the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries, [8] and $6 million by The Boeing Company in 2018. [9] [10]
Twelfth Street YMCA Building, also known as Anthony Bowen YMCA, was home to the first African American chapter of YMCA, founded in 1853 by Anthony Bowen.It is located at 1816 12th Street NW in the U Street Corridor (Cardozo/Shaw) neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Garner v. Louisiana, 368 U.S. 157 (1961), was a landmark case argued by Thurgood Marshall before the US Supreme Court.On December 11, 1961, the court unanimously ruled that Louisiana could not convict peaceful sit-in protesters who refused to leave dining establishments under the state's "disturbing the peace" laws.
Williams was born and raised in Greenville, North Carolina.He and his wife, Robin S. Williams are the parents of two sons. [1] After earning his Bachelors of Science in Communications Broadcasting, and his Masters of Art in Educational Media from Appalachian State University, Williams earned his Doctorate of Education, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis from East Tennessee State ...