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1908
Thurgood Marshall is born in Baltimore, Maryland -
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1933
completed law degree at Howard University school of law -
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1993
Thurgood Marshall passed away at the age of 84 because of heart diseasa and lung cancer -
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1936
joins the legal staff of the NAACP -
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1938
became the NAACP's chief counsel -
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1940
wins Chambers v. Florida case before the Supreme Court -
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1946
wins Morgan v. Virginia case, ending segregation in interstate bus travel -
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1950
Litigates Sweatt v. Painter, leading to desgregation of graduate schools in Texas -
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1954
Argued and wins Browns v. Board of education case, ending racial segregation in public schools -
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1961
Appointed to the US Court of appeals for the second circuit -
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1965
plays a role in organizing the Selma to Montgomery matches for voting rights -
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1967
Became the first Afircan American to serve on the Supreme Court -
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1972
Dissets in Furman v. Geogia, opposing the death penalty -
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1974
wrote the majority opinion in US v. Nixon, requiring the released of the watergate tapes -
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1991
Reatired from the Supreme court