Thurgood Marshall and Brown v. Board of Education

Before becoming the first Black justice to sit on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall stood in front of the highest court to argue against racial segregation in American schools. His involvement with this landmark legal case, Brown v. Board of Education, was critical to establishing a legal precedent against the practice of segregation.

Max GreenhalghMay 19, 2021Brown v. Board of Education, Plessy v. Ferguson, United States Constitution, Constitution, NAACP, Thurgood Marshall, Earl Warren, Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Jim Crow, Jim Crow Era, American history, Black history, segregation, Civil rights movement, civilrightsmovementComment