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Thurgood Marshall is born in Baltimore, Maryland
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completed law degree at Howard University school of law
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Thurgood Marshall passed away at the age of 84 because of heart diseasa and lung cancer
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joins the legal staff of the NAACP
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became the NAACP's chief counsel
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wins Chambers v. Florida case before the Supreme Court
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wins Morgan v. Virginia case, ending segregation in interstate bus travel
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Litigates Sweatt v. Painter, leading to desgregation of graduate schools in Texas
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Argued and wins Browns v. Board of education case, ending racial segregation in public schools
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Appointed to the US Court of appeals for the second circuit
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plays a role in organizing the Selma to Montgomery matches for voting rights
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Became the first Afircan American to serve on the Supreme Court
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Dissets in Furman v. Geogia, opposing the death penalty
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wrote the majority opinion in US v. Nixon, requiring the released of the watergate tapes
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Reatired from the Supreme court