Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall (July 2,1908 ? January 24,1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the United States Supreme Court.

Dedications

• The University of Maryland School of Law which Marshall fought to desegregate, renamed and dedicated its law library in his honor.
• The University of California, San Diego has named one of its colleges after Thurgood Marshall.
• On February 14, 1976, the law school at Texas Southern University was formally named The Thurgood Marshall School of Lawhttp://www.tsu.edu/academics/law/. The school's mission is to "significantly impact the diversity of the legal profession".
• Justice Middle School, at one time a predominantly white school, located in Marion, Indiana changed its name to Justice Thurgood Marshall Middle School in honor of Justice Marshall's work on the court.
• On October 1, 2005, Baltimore-Washington International Airport was renamed Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in his honor.

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