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|nominator=[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]

|nominator=[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]

|terms=October 2, 1967 – October 1, 1991

|terms=October 2, 1967 – October 1, 1991

|preceded=[[Tom Clarke]]

|preceded=[[Tom Clark]]

|former=y

|former=y

|succeeded=[[Clarence Thomas]]

|succeeded=[[Clarence Thomas]]

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'''Thurgood Marshall''' (July 2, 1908 - January 24, 1993) was a [[United States Supreme Court]] Justice from 1967 until his retirement in 1991. As a lawyer, he argued the winning side in the ''[[Brown vs. Board of Education]]'' case that desegregated American Public Schools. Born in Baltimore, Maryland as ''Thoroughgood Marshall'', he shortened it to '''Thurgood''' while in elementary school.  

'''Thurgood Marshall''' (July 2, 1908 - January 24, 1993) was a [[United States Supreme Court]] Justice from 1967 until his retirement in 1991. As a lawyer, he argued the winning side in the ''[[Brown vs. Board of Education]]'' case that desegregated American Public Schools. Born in Baltimore, Maryland as ''Thoroughgood Marshall'', he shortened it to '''Thurgood''' while in elementary school.

== Career as a Lawyer ==

== Career as a Lawyer ==