Thurgood Marshall

Where was Thurgood Marshall born?

• Maryland

• Alabama

• Massachusetts

• Virginia

What is Thurgood Marshall most famous for?

• The first President of South Africa

• Founding the NAACP

• The first African-American Supreme Court Justice

• First African-American Secretary of State

What career did Thurgood Marshall's parents hope he would pursue?

• Doctor

• Dentist

• Teacher

• Farmer

Where did Thurgood Marshall attend law school?

• Yale

• Howard University

• Harvard

• University of Maryland

Thurgood Marshall became the chief council of what civil rights group?

• NOW

• NRA

• AARP

• NAACP

What landmark decision did Thurgood Marshall argue and win in the Supreme Court?

Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Miranda v. Arizona

• U.S. v. Nixon

What university did Thurgood Marshall sue to allow black students to attend?

• University of Maryland

• Georgetown

• Harvard

• Howard University

What is it called when students go to different schools based on race?

• Boycotting

• Prohibition

• Segregation

• Civil Rights

What president nominated Thurgood Marshall for the Supreme Court?

• Lyndon Johnson

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Richard Nixon

• John F. Kennedy

Who replaced Thurgood Marshal on the Supreme Court when he retired?

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• John Roberts

• Clarence Thomas

• Sandra Day O'Connor