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By Jessica McElrath, About.com Guide to African-American History since 2000

Thurgood Marshall

Wednesday September 17, 2008
Courtesy of the Library of Congress Thurgood Marshall is most known for serving as the first black United States Supreme Court Justice, but prior to his career on the bench he successfully argued civil rights cases on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, New York World-Telegram & the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection.

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