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瑟古德馬歇爾 (Thurgood Marshall)
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生於:
1908年7月2日
死於:
1993年1月24日
瑟古德馬歇爾是第一位擔任美國最高法院大法官的非裔美國人，他從1967年開始在最高法院服務、直到1991年退休為只；在任此職之前，馬歇爾擔任「全國有色人種協進會」（NAACP）的律師，協助1954年廢除種族隔離政策的案件 -「布朗控訴投陴卡教育局案」（Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas） - 贏得勝訴；他終其一生都致力於運用法律爭取公民權和社會正義。
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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