Question

Can you please write a one page essay on the life and accomplishments of Thurgood Marshall. Thank you!

Answer 1

• Marshall was an important lawyer during the turbulent years of the civil rights movement and is responsible for the success of the major case 'Brown vs. Board of Education', which desegregated American schools.
• His parents gave him an appreciation of the U.S. Constitution and the law, and he attended college in Lincoln University.In college he was involved in a sit-in, a peaceful protest against segregation in which protestors sit in areas for white people only and refuse to move.
• When Thurgood Marshall became Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, he was more than just the ninety-sixth individual to hold the honor. He was the first African-American to hold this extraordinary post, as well.
• One of these accomplishments would have to be the fact that he served for an impressive twenty-four years. Over the course of that career, there is no question that he heard some of the most significant social and political arguments in American history.
• Marshall worked extensively with the NAACP for much of his career. It was during this remarkable period of his life that he achieved the position of Chief Counsel. In fact, when he became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, some criticized the move, calling Marshall a “judicial activist.”
• Marshall joined the NAACP's national staff. Marshall worked on several cases for African American rights, including black students who had been denied admission to white universities ('Murray vs. Pearson'), black men wrongfully accused of murder ('Chambers vs. Florida'), and laws that prevented blacks from voting in primary elections ('Smith vs. Allwright').
• Before Thurgood Marshall achieved the significant milestone of becoming the first African-American Supreme Court Associate Justice, Marshall achieved the accomplishment of becoming the first African-American Solicitor General.