The later life of Thurgood Marshall
Marshall's first court case was when he sued University of Maryland for not accepting a student because he was African American. Marshall successfully won this case. After four years at Howard Thurgood left and followed is mentor Charles Hamilton Houston to New York. There he became Chief Counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP). To top that off, Marshall was asked by the United Nations and United Kingdom to help draft the constitutions of the African nations of Ghana and Tanzania.
In 1954, President John F. Kennedy appointed Marshall to the U.S. Court of Appeals. There he wrote 150 descisions including "support for the immagrants , limiting government intrusion in cases involving illegal search and government intrusion in cases involving illegal search and seizure, double jeopardy, and right to privacy issues." 98 of his descisions were never looked over by the Supreme Court.
In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson appointed Thurgood to the office of the U.S. Solicitor General. Before his nomination into the Supreme Court in 1967, Marshall won 14 of the 19 cases he argued before the Supreme Court. Thurgood was especially special because he won more caes than any American in the Supreme Court. He was also the first African American elevated to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Through his whole life Thurgood Marshall fought against the "voiceless" Americans. He also established a "sensitivity to the injustice by way of the crucible of racial discrimination on the counrty". In January 24, 1993 passed a ways leaving a legacy that will never be forgotten.
In 1954, President John F. Kennedy appointed Marshall to the U.S. Court of Appeals. There he wrote 150 descisions including "support for the immagrants , limiting government intrusion in cases involving illegal search and government intrusion in cases involving illegal search and seizure, double jeopardy, and right to privacy issues." 98 of his descisions were never looked over by the Supreme Court.
In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson appointed Thurgood to the office of the U.S. Solicitor General. Before his nomination into the Supreme Court in 1967, Marshall won 14 of the 19 cases he argued before the Supreme Court. Thurgood was especially special because he won more caes than any American in the Supreme Court. He was also the first African American elevated to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Through his whole life Thurgood Marshall fought against the "voiceless" Americans. He also established a "sensitivity to the injustice by way of the crucible of racial discrimination on the counrty". In January 24, 1993 passed a ways leaving a legacy that will never be forgotten.
