News on Thurgood Marshall

Texas Schools Social Studies

2010-01-13T06:31:09Z

This Oct. 24, 1967 picture shows Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall in Washington. The Texas State Board of Education is expected to take up the social studies curriculum, which has engendered passionate debate after some conservatives suggested that civil rights leaders Cesar Chavez ...

thurgood marshall fund

2009-10-27T09:34:40Z

Recording artist Mary J. Blige attends the 22nd Anniversary of Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers New York City, USA - 26.10.09

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 26: Recording artist Fantasia attends the Thurgood Marshall College Fund's 22nd anniversary celebration at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers on October 26, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Kempin/NEW YORK - OCTOBER 24: Model Naomi Campbell and president/CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Dwayne Ashley (R) pose for pictures backstage during the 4th Annual Thurgood Marshall College Fund Front Row Fashion Show at Roseland Ballroom on October 24, ...

Texas activists: Chavez, Marshall must be taught

2010-02-25T06:32:27Z

<div id="subtitle">Advocates: Don't remove Cesar Chavez, Thurgood Marshall from Texas social studies classes</div><div><p>Minority activists urged Texas education officials on Thursday to not minimize the importance of civil rights leaders Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall in pu...

Sotomayor

2009-07-18T09:00:15Z

FILE -- In this Oct. 23, 1967, file photo, the late Thurgood Marshall, then Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, is seen in Washington. (AP Photo, File)

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Civil Rights for Almost Everyone

2010-02-27T05:46:12Z

<div><p><p>I read an interesting Op-Ed piece in the newspaper the other day on the life of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. It was written by a local college professor who extolled the virtues of Marshall’s role as a lifetime warrior in the battle for civil rights for all in America. </p><p&...