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瑟古德马歇尔 (Thurgood Marshall)
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生于:
1908年7月2日
死于:
1993年1月24日
瑟古德马歇尔是第一位担任美国最高法院大法官的非裔美国人，他从1967年开始在最高法院服务、直到1991年退休为只；在任此职之前，马歇尔担任「全国有色人种协进会」（NAACP）的律师，协助1954年废除种族隔离政策的案件 -「布朗控诉投陴卡教育局案」（Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas） - 赢得胜诉；他终其一生都致力于运用法律争取公民权和社会正义。
Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American member of the U.S. Supreme Court. He served on the court from 1967 until he retired in 1991. Earlier in his career, Marshall worked as a lawyer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and helped win the 1954 landmark desegregation case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. Throughout his life, Marshall used the law to promote civil rights and social justice.
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