Leadership

• Thurgood Marshall (born 1908, died 1993)

  Celebrated civil-rights lawyer who became the first African-American Supreme Court justice.

  • U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1967-91 (see list of U.S. Supreme Court Justices)

Miscellaneous

• Thurgood Marshall (born 1908, died 1993)

  Celebrated civil-rights lawyer who became the first African-American Supreme Court justice.

  • 1993 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
  • 1946 Spingarn Medal winner (see list of Spingarn Medal Winners)