PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON
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Thurgood Marshall
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Susan B. Anthony
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Mary McLeod Bethune
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Detailed explanation-1: -Thurgood Marshall, originally Thoroughgood Marshall, (born July 2, 1908, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.-died January 24, 1993, Bethesda), lawyer, civil rights activist, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1967–91), the Court’s first African American member.
Detailed explanation-2: -BNHA Thurgood Marshall’s Childhood Home As a young boy, Marshall’s family lived in the rowhouse at 1632 Division Street. In 1930, Marshall was denied admission to the University of Maryland Law School (UMLS) because of his race.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thoroughgood (later changed to Thurgood) Marshall was born on July 2, 1908, in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were William Canfield Marshall, a country club steward, and Norma Marshall, an elementary school teacher.
Detailed explanation-4: -He is best known for arguing the historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case, in which the Supreme Court declared “separate but equal” unconstitutional in public schools.