Thurgood Marshall Quotes


Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.


Citations

Marshall, Thurgood. Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences. Edited by Mark V. Tushnet, Lawrence Hill Books, 2001, p. 110.

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Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall
  • Born: July 2, 1908
  • Died: January 24, 1993
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Judge

Thurgood Marshall was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's first African-American justice. Prior to his judicial service, he successfully argued several cases before the Supreme Court, including Brown v. Board of Education.