Amazing Americans: Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall began his career as a lawyer and then became one of the top_____.

• policeman

• judges

• lawyers

• football players

Where did Marshall attend law school at_____.

• Lincoln University in Pennsylvania

• University of Georgia

• Howard University

• University of Maryland

What does NAACP stand for?

• National Association for Advancement of Colored People

• National Application for Americans of Central Peninsula

• National American of African American of Colored People

• National Association for Americans of Control Programs

What was Marshall's first case?

• West Georgia College with Donald Murray

• University of Maryland with Donald Murray

• Howard University with Donald Murray

• Yale University with Donald Murray

Marshall wanted to get rid of the idea "separate but equal" with this case he achieved that goal?

• King v. Birmingham

• Dred Scott. Stanford

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

Who was Rosa Parks lawyer, when her case went to the Supreme Court?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• President John F. Kennedy

• Thurgood Marshall

• Malcolm X

Where did Marshall go to be free from the United States?

• Kenya, Africa

• Ghana, Africa

• Egypt

• Nigeria, Africa

Marshall was the first African American?

• President

• Supreme Court justice

• Civil Right leader

• Policeman

What year did Marshall resign from the Supreme Court?

• 1991

• 1993

• 1919

• 1997

What was Marshall's nickname?

• "Mr. Supreme Court"

• "Mr. Marshall"

• "Mr. NAACP"

• "Mr. Civil Rights"