thurgood marshall

This Week In Good Black News: Barack And Michelle Obama Celebrate 31 Years Of Marriage, Laphonza Butler Becomes The Third Black Woman U.S. Senator And Leslie Odom Jr. Returns To Broadway

Plus, an NBA icon continues to break records off the court.
10/06/2023

Celebrating Thurgood Marshall: A Cinematic Tribute to the First African-American Supreme Court Justice

Marking the historic confirmation anniversary, we spotlight five compelling films that capture the legal luminary's essence, struggles, and triumphs.
08/30/2023

Civil Rights Attorney Fred Gray Receives NAACP LDF’s Lifetime Achievement Award

The 92-year old activist, state legislator, and preacher was honored for his numerous contributions to America’s most important civil rights battles.
05/05/2023

Cecilia ‘Cissy’ Marshall, Thurgood Marshall’s Widow Dies At 94

Marshall, a former NAACP legal secretary, married the history-making Supreme Court justice in 1955.
11/23/2022

House Votes To Remove Confederate Monuments and Memorials From U.S. Capitol

A new bust honoring Thurgood Marshall would be installed.
06/30/2021

This Day in Black History: June 13, 1967

Thurgood Marshall appointed to U.S. Supreme Court.
06/13/2020

This Day in Black History: March 2, 1867

Howard University is established in Washington, D.C.
03/02/2020

People Are Complaining That Chadwick Boseman Is 'Too Dark' to Play Thurgood Marshall

Twitter is ranting.
06/27/2017
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This Day in Black History: Oct. 2, 1967

Thurgood Marshall sworn in as U.S. Supreme Court justice.
10/02/2014

This Day in Black History: Aug. 30, 1967

Thurgood Marshall confirmed as Supreme Court justice.
08/30/2014

This Day in Black History: July 13, 1965

Thurgood Marshall becomes first Black Solicitor General.
07/13/2014