By: Cody Delph

Ms. Curtis’s class

His Life

Born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 2,

1908, Thurgood Marshall was the

grandson of a slave.

His Death

Thurgood Marshall died in Bethesda,

Maryland on January 24th 1993 from

cardiovascular disease. He was 84

years when he died.

Accomplishments

Civil rights leader for Martin Luther King

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His Cases

Thurgood Marshall won 14 of the 19

cases he argued before the Supreme

Court on behalf of the government.

Could not go to collage

In 1930, he applied to the University of

Maryland Law School, but was denied

admission because he was Black.