Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American appointed to the United States Supreme Court and played a vital role in the civil rights history of the United States. Thurgood Marshall was a product ...

1908: Thurgood Marshall was born July 2, 1908 in Baltimore, MD. 1930: Marshall graduated from Lincoln University in 1930, then obtained his law degree from Howard University Law School in 1933. He ...

America’s Social Architect” at Marshall University on Nov. 18, and Us & Them host Trey Kay will moderate the live event along with a panel discussion. Ahead of the screening, Kay talked with one of ...

NAACP lawyer Thurgood Marshall pictured on Sept. 17, 1957. The civil rights attorney argued the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case before the U.S. Supreme Court, which in May 1954 struck down ...

*Maryland Public Television (MPT) has announced the upcoming documentary, “Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect,” which is set to explore the remarkable life of Thurgood Marshall, the first ...

The first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court is likely to face questioning at her Senate hearing that would have been familiar to Thurgood Marshall, the first Black man who served on the high ...

Legislation led by Maryland lawmakers, aimed at preserving a significant part of Baltimore history, could help the elementary school of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall receive designation as a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat Marshall, the wife of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall who worked alongside the civil rights champion at the NAACP, died Tuesday at the age of ...

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn into office by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on a bible that once belonged to first the African American to serve on the Supreme Court, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat Marshall, the wife of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall who worked alongside the civil rights champion at the NAACP, died Tuesday at the age of ...