Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2, 1908, in Baltimore, Maryland. Thurgood was the grandson of a slave. His father, William Marshall, instilled in him from youth an appreciation for the United States Constitution, and the rule of law. His father became Chief Steward of the prestigious Island Club, while mother Norma Marshall, a graduate of an all black college in Maryland, taught in a segregated Baltimore Elementary School.
After completing High School, in 1925, Thurgood followed his brother, Aubrey Marshall, at the historically black Lincoln University, in Chester, Pennsylvania. His classmates at Lincoln included a distinguished group of future black leaders, such as the poet, and author
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