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Thurgood [a] Marshall was born on July 2, 1908, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Norma and William Canfield Marshall. [ 2 ] : 30, 35 His father held various jobs as a waiter in hotels, in clubs, and on railroad cars, and his mother was an elementary school teacher.
After meeting Thurgood Marshall in 1975, Gibson began collecting information on him, which led to the publication of his 2012 book, Young Thurgood: The Making of a Supreme Court Justice. [7] [8] He is currently working on his second book on Marshall which will chronicle Marshall's first career from 1935 to 1955 [7] [2]
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America is a 2012 nonfiction book by the American author Gilbert King. It is a history of the attorney Thurgood Marshall 's defense of four young black men in Lake County, Florida , who were accused in 1949 of raping a white woman.
Parents, teachers and students, find funny and motivational back-to-school quotes about education, learning and working with others. 75 back-to-school quotes to inspire students for the year ahead ...
Charles Hamilton Houston (September 3, 1895 – April 22, 1950) [1] was an American lawyer. He was the dean of Howard University Law School and NAACP first special counsel. A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, Houston played a significant role in dismantling Jim Crow laws, especially attacking segregation in schools and racial housing covenants.
These are the best New Year quotes out there. Each one will inspire you to head into New Year's Eve—and 2025—with confidence and joy!
In April 1941, Thurgood Marshall is an NAACP lawyer traveling the country defending people of color who are wrongly accused of crimes because of racial prejudice. Upon his return to his New York City office, he is sent to Bridgeport, Connecticut, to defend Joseph Spell, a chauffeur accused of rape by his white employer, Eleanor Strubing, in a case that has gripped the newspapers.
It tells the story of what happened, in early 1944, when Sylvia Mendez and her brothers Gonzalo Jr. and Jerome, tried to start attending school the Westminster 17th Street School. Sylvia Mendez and her family had recently moved to Westminster and lived close by the school, but were turned away and were redirected to go to a "Mexican school."