Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshallwas an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSupreme Court Justice
Date of Birth2 July 1908
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
Thurgood Marshall quotes about
husband jealous history
I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.
country years justice
Some years ago I said in an opinion that if this country is a melting pot, then either the Afro-Americans didn't get in the pot or he didn't get melted down.
racism-and-prejudice mistrust dissent
We must dissent from the fear.
patriotic justice feelings
Patriotic feelings will surely swell, prompting proud proclamations of the wisdom, foresight, and sense of justice shared by the Framers and reflected in a written document now yellowed with age . . . [F]or many Americans the bicentennial celebration will be little more than a blind pilgrimage to the shrine of the original document now stored in a vault in the National Archives. [Progressive]
envy design democracy
Our Constitution is the envy of the world, as it should be for it is the grand design of the finest nation on earth.
hands historical sometimes
Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
teacher soulmate teaching
None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
freedom democracy today
Today's Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those amendments speak to a sense of decency and fairness that I and other Blacks cherish.
respect quality intention
What is the quality of your intent?
challenges black-racism discrimination
Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
issues voters messages
The ban directly hampers the partys ability to spread its message and hamstrings voters seeking to inform themselves about the candidates and issues,
practice historical steps
[It is] a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.
constitution progressive products
[T]he Constitution was a product of its times. [Progressive]
hair police facts
Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman.