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Thurgood Marshall

NAACP Legal Defense Fund founder, Brown v. Board litigator, and the first Black US Supreme Court Justice.

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Born 1908 in Baltimore. Argued 32 cases before the Supreme Court and won 29, including Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Appointed to the Court by LBJ in 1967; served until 1991.

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Baltimore, MD, USA

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