Thurgood Marshall
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- Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 2, 1908. He would grow up to be the first African American Supreme Court Justice
- I was born on July 2, 1908 in Baltimore. I could just tell I was going to change the world.
- Thurgood Marshall’s parents constantly motivated him and his brother to learn, and put a large emphasis on education throughout their childhood. When Thurgood was in trouble at school, his parents punished him with more education in a sense, by making him memorize sections of the US Constitution.
- I was always a great student intelligence-wise, but I got in trouble for misbehaving a lot. I was restless, but I was really smart. I always thrived in debates.
- His grandfather was an enslaved man who escaped from the South during the Civil War. His grandfather’s history likely had an impact on his career choices, becoming a Supreme Court Justice who fought to abolish segregation and the Jim Crow laws.
- My grandfather was a runaway slave, and he inspired my interests in law. Segregation was still prominent, so I wanted to make a change to the world.
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