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索古德．马歇尔 (Thurgood
Marshall) 于1967年10月2日成为第一位非裔美籍最高法院法官
你是否曾经想过用一生的时间去改变那些深深困扰你的事情呢？索古德．马歇尔在担任最高法院法官之前，就已经在为消弭种族歧视而奋斗。马歇尔也曾任职于「美国有色人种促进会」 (National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People，NAACP) 多年。西元1954年，马歇尔在最高法院前主张因为肤色而隔离学校学童的行为违反了美国宪法。最高法院当时也同意他的看法。
索古德．马歇尔担任法官将近25年的时间，在1991年正式退休。当他于1993年1月24日去世时，许多人都觉得美国不但失去了一位珍贵的领导者，也失去了公平正义的一个支柱。
Is there something that bothers you so much that you could spend your whole life working to change it? Even before he became a Supreme Court justice, Thurgood Marshall worked to end racial discrimination. For many years, he was on the staff of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). In 1954, Marshall argued before the Supreme Court that segregating school children based on their race was against the Constitution. The Supreme Court agreed with him.
Thurgood Marshall spent nearly twenty-five years on the Court, and retired in 1991. When he died on January 24, 1993, many people felt the nation had lost a valuable leader and a pillar of justice.
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