Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Supreme Court justice and architect of Brown v. Board, dies at 84.
At a Glance
- Date
- 24 January 1993
- Location
- Bethesda, Maryland
- Key people
- Thurgood Marshall
- Category
- Law & Justice
- Source
- U.S. Supreme Court records (1993) · U.S. Supreme Court
What It Meant Then
His death prompted national tributes to a lifetime dismantling legal segregation.
What It Means Now
Marshall lay in repose at the Supreme Court, a rare honor.
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