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was the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court
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Biographical context: was the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall was an influential leader of the civil rights movement, a profound contributor to the NAACP, founder of LDF in 1940, serving as its first Director-Counsel, was the architect of the legal strategy that ended the country’s official policy of segregation, and was the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court, on which he served as Associate Justice from 1967-1991.
Identity: Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall | Supreme Court Justice and Founder, Legal Defense and Education Fund Thurgood Marshall was an influential leader of the civil rights movement, a profound contributor to the NAACP, founder of LDF in 1940, serving as its first Director-Counsel, was the architect of the legal strategy that ended the country’s official policy of segregation, and was the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court, on which he served as Associate Justice from 1967-1991.