FAMOUS AMERICANS THURGOOD MARSHALL THURGOOD MARSHALL CIVIL RIGHTS

FAMOUS AMERICANS THURGOOD MARSHALL

THURGOOD MARSHALL CIVIL RIGHTS

ENDING SCHOOL SEGREGATION

THURGOOD MARSHALL • IN 1951, THURGOOD DECIDED TO HELP ANOTHER FAMILY WHO LIVED IN TOPEKA, KANSAS. • LINDA BROWN, A THIRD GRADER, WAS NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO SCHOOL NEAR HER HOUSE BECAUSE SHE WAS AFRICAN AMERICAN LINDA BROWN AND HER FAMILY

THURGOOD MARSHALL • THIS CASE WAS VERY FAMOUS AND IS KNOWN AS BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION • THURGOOD DECIDED TO TAKE THIS CASE TO THE SUPREME COURT LINDA BROWN

THURGOOD MARSHALL • IN THE 1930’S, MANY SCHOOLS USED A SYSTEM CALLED “SEPARATE BUT EQUAL” • THEY SAID THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS COULD GO TO SEPARATE SCHOOLS IF THOSE SCHOOLS OFFERED AN “EQUAL” EDUCATION

THURGOOD MARSHALL LINDA BROWN • ALL OF THE SUPREME COURT JUDGES AGREED WITH • THURGOOD THAT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN SHOULD GO TO THE SAME SCHOOLS AS THE WHITE CHILDREN. THURGOOD HAD WON AGAIN, AND THIS TIME, HIS VICTORY MEANT THE END OF SCHOOL SEGREGATION IN THE WHOLE UNITED STATES!

THURGOOD MARSHALL • CIVIL RIGHTS • FROM THAT POINT ON, IT WOULD BE AGAINST THE LAW TO STOP CHILDREN FROM GOING TO ANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRICAN AMERICAN. • THE SUPREME COURT SAID THAT SEGREGATION IN SCHOOLS WAS AGAINST THE LAW!

THURGOOD MARSHALL • THURGOOD BECAME A HERO TO MANY PEOPLE! • MANY PEOPLE CALLED HIM “THURGOOD MARSHALL, MR. CIVIL RIGHTS”

THURGOOD MARSHALL • CIVIL RIGHTS • ALTHOUGH, SEGREGATION IN SCHOOLS HAD ENDED, • STILL SEGREGATION WAS LEGAL IN OTHER PLACES SUCH AS RESTAURANTS, THEATERS, SPORTS TEAMS, AND MANY OTHER PLACES THURGOOD KEPT WORKING TO END SEGREGATION EVERYWHERE

THURGOOD MARSHALL • CIVIL RIGHTS • AT THE SAME TIME THAT THURGOOD WAS WORKING FOR THE RIGHTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS, SO WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.