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Thurgood Marshall is born
Thurgood Marshall was born in Maryland. His dad worked at a club and him mother was a teacher. -
Taking interest as a young age for his future
Thurgood remembered that when he was young, he and his father would debate local court cases at dinner. This prepared him for his goals in life. -
Thurgood graduates from college
Thurgood graduated magna cum laude from Lincoln University. -
Thurgood graduates from law school
After college, Thurgood attended law school at Howard University. When he graduated he began practicing law in Maryland and working with the NAACP. He starts fighting with a purpose. -
Muhammed Ali Early life
He was born January 7th in Louisiana Kentucky and his birth name was Cassius Clay. -
Thurgood Contributes the problem of segregation
Thurgood worked to get the schools in New York integrated so that African Americans and whites could go to the same schools. -
Thurgood is awarded a medal for contribution
The NAACP awarded Thurgood with the Spingarn Award for his service. -
The beginning of his boxing career
A young Cassius Clay had his bike stole and he wanted to beat up the guy who did it he told an officer and he began training to box. -
Thurgood makes segregation illegal in the US
Thurgood won the court case that made segregation of whites and blacks illegal. -
Cassius Clay first boxing accomplishment
He wins the novice Golden Glove Championship as a lightweight. -
The end of the Birmingham bus boycott
Thurgood helped end the famous bus boycott in Birmingham, AL. -
Big changes in his life.
He went from Cassius Clay to Muhammed Ali since he converted to Islam -
Muhammed gets drafted
Muhammed is drafted and he has a different view on fighting for America during the time of need of people in war. -
Muhammed is denied and Guilty
Muhammed is denied about his claim being a filing for conscientious objector status and he was drafted and attended the induction ceremony to then not step forward and refuse. He was deemed guilty to the charges of refusing induction into the Army. His passport is revoked. The boxing association takes back his boxing titles and bans him from boxing for three years. -
Thurgood becomes a supreme court justice
After working as the US Solicitor General, Thurgood became a Supreme Court Justice. -
Muhammad achieved a lot after his suspension was up and was found guilty for his previous criminal charges
In March, in a famous match called "The Fight of the Century," Joe Frazier knocked Ali down, but Ali got up. However, after 15 brutal rounds, it was still ruled that Frazier won. In addition In June, the Supreme Court reverses its 1967 conviction and ruled that he was not guilty of evading the military, since he should not have been drafted in the first place due to his religious beliefs. -
Thurgood is awarded again after a year from retirement of being apart of the supreme court justices
Thurgood was awarded the Liberty Medal to thank him for his many years of protecting people's rights.
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