The First African American to Serve on the Supreme Court Was the Grandson of a Slave

Celebrating the achievements and contributions of African Americans during black history month.

Before becoming the first African American on the US Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall was a civil rights lawyer who fought to end school segregation. In 1952, he famously argued before the court in the Brown v. Board of Education case. His central argument was that “separate school systems for Black students and white students were inherently unequal, and a violation of the ‘Equal Protection Clause ’ of the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution.”

In 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously decided to end segregation in schools.

In celebration of Black History Month.

Thurgood’s grandfather Thorney was enslaved as a child but eventually escaped to Baltimore, where he married and raised a family.

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The First African American to Serve on the Supreme Court Was the Grandson of a Slave

Celebrating the achievements and contributions of African Americans during black history month.