Thurgood Marshall was born in 1908 in Baltimore,Maryland. He was the great-grandson of a slave. Thurgood Marshall was very smart. He graduated as valedictorian from Howard University Law School in 1993. Thurgood Marshall became U.S lawyer and Associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1996 through 1991. In 1936 he joined the legal staff of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. As the Chief council he argued over 30 cases before the U.S. Supreme court, successfully challenging challenging racial segregation. Marshall died of heart failure on January 24, 1993. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery
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