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Article: Thurgood Marshall: our Supreme Justice. (Obituary)
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- April 1, 1993
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Last January 24th marked the death of a real American hero: former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. During his illustrious career, which ran from 1933 to 1991, Marshall planned, fought and won many battles abolishing the legal basis for American apartheid. He was this century's most important architect of American civil rights, having defended African-American voting rights, expanded women's rights, championed individual liberties and opposed the death penalty. His mastery of the legal system made him arguably history's greatest enforcer of freedom and liberty as espoused by the U.S. Constitution.
Although he always said, "They'll have to carry me out on ...