Thurgood Marshall reader #22 by Carole Marsh

When was Thurgood Marshall born?

• 1908

• 1902

• 1915

• 1922

What was Thurgood named at birth? It was his great-grandfather's name.

• Thurman

• Thoroughgood

• Goodman

• Thurston

What was his mother's job?

• cook

• dancer

• teacher

• secretary

Was Thurgood a smart student?

• yes

• no

Where did Thurgood go to college?

• University of Georgia

• UCLA

• Lincoln University

• Harvard

Why was Thurgood rejected from law school at the University of Maryland?

• He was too old.

• He was black.

• He was not married.

• He was a slave.

Why was Thurgood known as the "little man's lawyer"?

• He was not very tall.

• He only helped children.

• He only helped short people.

• He often defended poor people who could not pay him.

Thurgood Marshall is famous for winning Brown vs Board of Education before the Supreme Court, in 1954.

• true

• false

Which president appointed Thurgood as the first black Supreme Court justice?

• John F. Kennedy

• Harry Truman

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Lyndon Johnson

How did Thurgood Marshall die?

• cancer

• stroke

• heart failure

• accident