Thurgood Marshall By jkstudent1 Jul 2, 1908 born Jan 8, 1930 Graduates with honor from collage Sep 13, 1931 Works for NAACP Oct 12, 1933 he revceives his law degree from Howard UN. Aug 12, 1936 Wins his first major case agasint Murray vs Pearson Jun 10, 1940 thurgood marshall win his first 27 cases May 13, 1944 he wins Spinarn Award / medal Jun 10, 1950 ThurgoodMarshall wins supreme court case Jun 10, 1961 he becomes the second African American to serve onthe Circuits court appleals Jun 10, 1967 marshall becomes the first African American to be appointed toSupreme Court Jan 24, 1993 dies of heart failure at the age of 84