Justice Thurgood Marshall

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Justice_Thurgood_Marshall
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:President_of_India
gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Howard_University_School_of_Law
gptkb:Lincoln_University
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:barAdmission gptkb:Maryland
gptkbp:birthDate 1908-07-02
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Baltimore,_Maryland,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:John_W._Marshall
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1993-01-24
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Bethesda,_Maryland,_USA
gptkbp:education gptkb:Howard_University_School_of_Law
gptkb:Lincoln_University
gptkbp:firstBook first African American Supreme Court Justice
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall_College_at_UC_San_Diego
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall_Federal_Judiciary_Building
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall_School_of_Law_at_Texas_Southern_University
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Justice Thurgood Marshall
gptkbp:knownFor civil rights advocacy
landmark Supreme Court decisions
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:activist
gptkb:judge
gptkb:lawyer
gptkbp:organization gptkb:NAACP_Legal_Defense_and_Educational_Fund
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:portrait Thurgood Marshall portrait.jpg
gptkbp:position gptkb:United_States_Senator
gptkbp:positionStart 1965
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Tom_C._Clark
gptkbp:religion Episcopalian
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:role lead attorney for NAACP
gptkbp:signature Thurgood Marshall signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Cecilia_Suyat_Marshall
gptkb:Vivien_Burey_Marshall
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
documentaries
films
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
gptkbp:termEnd 1967
1991-10-01
gptkbp:termStart 1967-10-02
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Craig_v._Boren
gptkb:Weinberger_v._Wiesenfeld
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5