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Profiles In African-American History: Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1908. As a boy, he liked watching trials at the local courthouse. This helped inspire him to become one of the most influential civil rights lawyers of his time. In 1967, he became the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Marshall fought for racial equality. On May 17, 1954, he won his biggest victory as a lawyer. The decision in that case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, declared that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. This was a major step toward improving education for black Americans and an important boost for the civil rights movement.

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