Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall, civil rights lawyer and chief counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), speaks before the reunion of the 369th veterans' association in New York City, Sept. 23, 1956.
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Black leaders of 2024 react to Thurgood Marshall’s 1956 visit to the University of Illinois

A modern-day civil rights leader and Black Studies professor reacts to Thurgood Marshall's speech at the University of Illinois.


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