Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Thurgood Marshall, 1977
Creator: | Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) transcript: 193 pages | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteSupreme Court Justice
Scope and ContentsChildhood in Baltimore; education, Lincoln University, 1930, Howard University Law School, 1933; 1936-61, assistant first counsel, Special Counsel, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; impressions of civil rights cases, 1940s-70s, many judges, political figures, race riots; black press, leaders, civil rights organizations; Kenyan and Nigerian nationalism; 1961-65, United States circuit judge; 1965, appointment as Solicitor General by President Johnson; 1967, as Supreme Court Justice; landmark civil rights cases
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