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Thurgood Edward Marshall was born on February 6th, 1908, in Baltimore, MD.
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Thurgood Marshall graduated with a B-average from Lincoln High School in Tallahassee, Florida, in June, 1925
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Thurgood and his girlfriend, Vivian Burey, (aka "Buster") get married.
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Thurgood Marshall began to take classes at Howard Law School in Washington, D.C in 1930.
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Thurgood Marshall graduated from Howard Law School in 1933.
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Thurgood Marshall's first major case went to court in 1935.
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Thurgood was granted a job with NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) in 1936.
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In 1940, Thurgood Marshall became part of LDF (Legal Defense and educational Fund) by being given the job of "Director-Counsel".
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In 1954, Thurgood Marshall was told that his beloved wife Buster, was dying of lung cancer.
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In February of 1955, Buster died of Lung Cancer.
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Thurgood Marshall re-married to a woman named Cecilia in late 1955.
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By 1958, Thurgood Marshall and Cecilia had 2 sons - Thurgood Jr. & John.
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Thurgood Marshall became the U.S Solicitor General.
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Thurgood Marshall was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Lyndon B. Johnson on March 6th, 1967.
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Later in 1967, Thurgood Marshall made history by becoming the first Arican-American to serve on the U.S Supreme Court. He was sowrn in and accepted that day.
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Thurgood Marshall begins serving at the Supreme Court.
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In October, 1991, Thurgood Marshall retired from the U.S Supreme Court.
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On January 24th, 1993, Supreme Court judge Thurgood Marshall died at the age of 84. Although he has passed, we will always remember how he changed our Country.
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