Thurgood Marshall
By Dylan Velez
Introduction
 During the time Marshal received many
death threats and was called a “Civil
rights crusader” by many people
One of his
schools

http://www.asburypark.k12.nj.us/tmes/site/default.asp
African-American
 Howard university was the only one
Thurgood was allowed into cause of his
race.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall
Baltimore
 Thurgood was born in Baltimore
Maryland on July 2nd 1986.
College
 Thurgood attended the Lincoln university
it was common for African Americans to
attend cause there was good service no
matter what race.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_arc
hive/ucsd/thurgood_robinson.html
Death
 Thurgood died at the age of 85 of old
age.
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/tmarsh.htm
Equality
 Thurgood's biggest goal was for slave
equality. He wanted all slaves to have
rights.
http://www.realhistories.org.uk/articles/archive/philosophy.html
Forcefully memorized
 Thurgood was forced to memorize
constitution as a punishment this
happened often.
http://www.the1789project.com/1789-project-pledge-signers-2/
Great grandfather
 Thurgood was named after his great
grandfather but was originally named
Thorogood .
him
High school
 He graduated from Fredrick Douglass
high school at age of 16.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/business/adc-community-economic-corporation-42769.html
Individually
 For a long time in the naacp Thurgood
was on his own he was forced into hiding
and didn't take action until in the
courthouse.
John f. Kennedy
 Appointed Thurgood as a judge for U.S
second circuit court of appeals where
he’d serve for four years.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=574&page=gr
Klu-klux clan
 The Klu-klux clan would often march
down the street and people actually
cheered for them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan
Lawyer
Thurgood’s biggest lawsuit was the brown
vs. board of education he was nominated
to the court by president Lyndon Johnson
in 1967.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/us/politics/13marshall.html
Murry vs. Pierson
 His turning point as a lawyer Murry was
denied access into law school cause of
his race Thurgood won in January 1936.
http://www.onlyinap.com/2011/05/historic-name-game-redux/thurgood-marshall-2/
NAACP
 In 1934 he started working for the
Baltimore branch of NAACP he fought his
first case with his mentor.
http://www.encore-editions.com/thurgood-marshall-attorney-for-the-naacp-toh
Of the 32
 Of the 32 cases Marshall argued he won
29.
Pastimes
 Thurgood's favorite pastimes was to
listen to cases at a local courthouse.
Quail
 Marshalls wife’s favorite bird was the
quail.
Retirement
• Retired from supreme court at age 83
and died two years later
http://www.c-span.org/Events/Justice-Thurgood-Marshall39s-Retirement-Announcement--US-Supreme-Court/10737424435/
Summer job
 Marshall was a railroad porter during the
summer to pay for his tutoring lessons.
Topeka, Kansas
 this is where he won the brown vs. the
board of education in 1954
http://www.zazzle.com/topeka_kansas_at_night_poster-228054630015137439
Underestimated
 Many thought he wouldn’t win any cases
and they didn’t care until had won the
brown v. board of education.
Vivian “buster” Burey
 Vivian was Marshalls bride married in
1929
Wife's death
 Marshalls wife died in 1955 leaving
Marshall on his own for 38 years
Xylophone
 This was Marshalls first toy for three
years straight.
Years
 Marshall served on the supreme court for
24 years
Zillions
 many people would say that he won a
zillion cases even though he only won
44.
Conclusion
 Thurgood did many things for slave
equality and earned the title “the civil
rights mover” many never thought he
could do it but TONS thought he could do
it
Worksites
 http://www.biography.com/people/thurgo
od-marshall-9400241
 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articl
es/ushistory/thurgoodmarshall2.htm