Biographical Information of Thurgood Marshall

 

Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 –January 21, 1992?) in Baltimore, MD. Williams, , 22.

Father: William Marshall (1882-?). William Canfield Marshall. Williams, p.xvii, 20.

Mother’s name: Norma Williams. Williams, p.21,61

1^st Wife: Vivian “Buster” Marshall, died of Cancer on February 11, 1954. Williams, p.235.

Second Wife: Married December 17, 1955 to Cecelia “Cissy” Suya. Williams, p.242, 244.

Cissy and Marshall sons were Thurgood Jr. and John, Williams, p.346.

Thurgood’s parents got married on April 17, 1905. Williams, p.22.

College: Lincoln University, Class of 1930. Williams, p.40, 51

Law School: Howard University Law School, Class of 1933. Williams, p.53, 61

College Fraternity: Alpha Phi Alpha. Williams, p.46.

1936 Marshall left Baltimore to work in the NAACP’s New York office. Williams, p.86

March 20, 1940 Marshall became the first direct of the newly formed NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Williams, p.104.

October 23, 1961 Marshall was “sworn in as a federal and the first black American to serve on the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals.” Williams, p.296.

August 11, 1965 the U.S. Senate confirm Marshall as the Solicitor General. Williams, p.317

September 1, 1967 Marshall was sworn in a United States Supreme Court Justice by Justice Hugo Black. Williams, p.338.

 

See also:

Goldman, Roger and Gallen, David.  Thurgood Marshall: Justice For All. New York: Carol & Graf Publishers, Inc. 1992.

Tushnet, Mark V. Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1936-1961. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.