To celebrate Black History Month, InFlexWeTrust will be honoring influential members of Black history daily throughout the month. Today, we are honoring Thurgood Marshall. Marshall was the first African American justice on the Supreme Court. Before he became a judge, Marshall made a name for himself as a successful lawyer. One of his most famous cases as a lawyer was Brown vs Board of Education in which made schools separated because of race unconstitutional. Marshall worked with President Kennedy before his death and was later appointed to the Supreme Court by President Johnson in 1967. Read more about him and his life below.
Thurgood Marshall began his private law practice in 1936 and began working with the NAACP. He won his very first major civil rights case, Murray v. Pearson, which fought against “separate but equal.” He won his first Supreme Court Case in 1940, the same year he was named Chief Counsel for the NAACP. He was a lawyer for many cases that were presented to the Supreme Court before he was named a justice. He served on the court for 24 years. His legacy continues today.
