NAACP lawyer Thurgood Marshall pictured on Sept. 17, 1957. The civil rights attorney argued the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case before the U.S. Supreme Court, which in May 1954 struck ...

*Maryland Public Television (MPT) has announced the upcoming documentary, “Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect,” which is set to explore the remarkable life of Thurgood Marshall ...

Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967, grew up nearby on Division Street.

Marshall’s father introduced him to the legal system when he was a child. On his days off, he would take Thurgood to local courts to hear lawyers argue, and they would discuss the cases afterward.

Marshall’s most famous victory came in 1954 when he served as the lead attorney in Brown v. Board of Education, a case that challenged racial segregation in public schools.

WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, Dec. 2) -- Thurgood Marshall, the late Supreme Court justice and civil rights leader, passed information to the FBI about the civil rights movement during the 1950s ...

Thurgood Marshall representing the winning side in the historic 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education Supreme Court decision and later was named the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Dr. Alvin C. Hathaway Sr. talks about plans for a financial literacy program to be based in the former PS103 in Upton being renovated to become the Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center.