Thurgood Marshall

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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