On September 9, PBS will debut a powerful new documentary honoring one of the most transformative legal minds in American history. Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect explores the life, ...

"Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect," explores the life and legacy of Thurgood Marshall, the visionary lawyer and civil rights leader who became the first Black justice on the United States ...

Harvard Law Professor Mark Tushnet, who once clerked for Marshall and chronicled his career in two books, reflects on how today’s justices have strayed from his example.

Explore the life and legacy of the nation’s first African American Supreme Court justice. Explore the life and legacy of the nation’s first African American Supreme Court justice. The film follows ...

According to Georgetown University law professor Sheryll D. Cashin, Thurgood Marshall “was the only Supreme Court justice in the history of the court who was more famous for what he did before rising ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- So many of us learned about Thurgood Marshall in school. He argued the landmark desegregation case of Brown V. Board of Education before The Supreme Court and later made history ...

1908: Thurgood Marshall was born July 2, 1908 in Baltimore, MD. 1930: Marshall graduated from Lincoln University in 1930, then obtained his law degree from Howard University Law School in 1933. He ...