Malcolm
Some of the most vocal critics of Marshall were black militants, particularly the nation of Islam and its charismatic Harlem leader, Malcolm X. The Black Muslims preached racial separation –…
Some of the most vocal critics of Marshall were black militants, particularly the nation of Islam and its charismatic Harlem leader, Malcolm X. The Black Muslims preached racial separation –…
Marshall won several major Supreme Court cases outlawing segregation in housing, transportation, and in 1954 won Brown v Board of Education, desegregating public schools. However, frustrated by the foot-dragging and…
Beginning in the 1940s, Marshall battled with federal law enforcement officials for failing to protect the civil rights of black Americans in the South. Initially, Marshall and FBI director, J.…
After graduating Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore, Thurgood Marshall went to all male Lincoln University in Oxford, PA. Among his many fellow classmates was the already renowned poet, Langston…
In 1936, Marshall moved to New York to work at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The civil rights groups had recently begun to operate a…
ca. 1955, Norman, Oklahoma, USA — Mrs. Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher presents her application for admission to the University of Oklahoma to Dr. J.E. Fellows. With her are Amos T.…
22 May 1954, Atlanta, Georgia, USA — Officials of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 17 states meet in Atlanta, May 22nd, 1954, to plan a…
17 May 1954 — 5/17/1954-Washington, DC: Attorneys who argued the case against segregation stand together smiling in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building after the High Tribunal ruled that…
09 Dec 1953, Washington, DC, USA — Original caption: 12/9/1953-Washington, D.C.: The three lawyers participating in arguments on public school segregation before the Supreme Court in Washington are shown during…
07 Dec 1953, Washington, DC, USA — Original caption: Negro attorneys Harold R. Boulware (L), Columbia, S.C., and Spotswood Robinson III (R), who are arguing against segregation before the Supreme…