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Marshall’s Roots

          A. Marshall’s Roots

                   1. Picture of Parents

B. Picture of Marshall in High school

 NAACP (1934 - 1961)

          A. NAACP Background

          B. His army desegregation (1951) 

          C. Marshall & the FBI

          D. Chambers v. Florida (1940)

          E. Smith v. Allwright (1944)       

          F.  Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)

          G. Sipuel v. University of Oklahoma and McLaurin v. State Regents for Higher education (1948, 1950 respectively)

                   1. Picture of Ada Sipuel and Marshall in Supreme Court

          H. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)

                   1. Political cartoon from Chicago’s Defender

                   2. Political cartoon from Richmond’s Afro American

          I. Picture of Marshall on the steps of the Supreme Court building

Solicitor General & Circuit Court Judge (1961 - 1965, 1965 - 1967)

          A. Appointment to the positions and summary of accomplishments

          B. Picture of Marshall at Solicitor General Nomination

 Supreme Court Justice (1967 - 1991)

          A. Appointment & controversy

1.     Picture of Marshall at nomination by President Johnson

2.     Picture of the Supreme Court Justices

          B. Stanley v. Georgia (1969)

          C. Dandridge v. Williams (1970)

          D. Roe v. Wade (1971)

          E. Milliken v. Bradley (1974)

          F. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)

          G. Cruzan by Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health (1989)

          H.  Perry v. Louisiana (1990)

          I. Picture of Marshall at his Supreme Court robing

Life Outside the Courtroom (1908 -1993)

          A. Marshall’s life outside the courtroom

          B. Picture of Marshall with his family

Continuing Impact

          A. His Supreme Court Retirement

          B. The Supreme Court after Marshall

          C. Scholarship funds

          D. Picture of Marshall’s grave

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A.     Why Thurgood Marshall?

B.     How to view the site

C.    Bryan Newbold

D.    Nicole Senecal

E.     Robert Winikates

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