Court+Robe+of+Thurgood+Marshall

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=I. Artifact Name = Court Robe of Thurgood Marshall

=II. Description of the Artifact and It's Significance =

Thurgood Marshall, the first African American ever to serve on the Court, was the younger of two sons of a railroad porter who later worked on the staff of a whites-only country club. Marshall graduated from Lincoln University in 1930 and applied to University of Maryland Law School but was turned down because of his race. He then attended Howard University Law School, though his mother had to pawn her wedding and engagement rings to pay the tuition. He graduated first in his class in 1933, just as America was feeling the full impact of the. Thurgood Marshall headed the NAACP legal team which argued this case. He later became the first African American Supreme Court Justice. On May 17,1954, the Supreme Court handed down a decision in Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, saying that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal". "Schools shall integrate with all deliberate speed".

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/robes_marshall.html

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1934-Begins to work for Baltimore branch of NAACP 1935-With Charles Houston, wins first major civil rights case, Murray v. Pearson 1936-Becomes assistant special counsel for NAACP in New York 1954-Wins Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, landmark case that demolishes legal basis for segregation in America 1967-Becomes first African American elevated to U.S. Supreme Court 1993-Dies at 84

http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/hill/marshall.htm This was used to find information about Thurgood Marshall and the Timeline of events in his life. =IV. Related Multimedia Found on the Internet = //(Include at least two links for your multimedia. Explain what each link is and how it relates to the artifact)// http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEPYf90CPnU&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active This discusses Thurgood Marshall and his life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdIUmQAyCXA&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active This is a summary of Marshall's life.

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