Thurgood Marshall as a Civil Rights Lawyer
Spencer Crew, interim director of the National Museum of African Amercan History and Culture discussed the life of former Supreme Court Just… read more
Spencer Crew, interim director of the National Museum of African Amercan History and Culture discussed the life of former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall with legal historian Paul Finkelman. They focused on Marshall’s time as a NAACP lawyer trying education-related segregation cases, such as Brown v. Board of Education. The National Museum of African Amercan History and Culture hosted the event. close
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