Thurgood Marshall

Where did Marshall get his law degree?

• Harvard University

• Howard University

• Yale University

Marshall fought for civil rights.

• True

• False

How were the laws unfair when Thurgood was a child?

• Black people were not allowed to do the same activities as white people.

• White people were not allowed to do the same activities  as black people.

Thurgood Marshall Died in 1993 at 84

• True

• False

Thurgood believed that everyone should be treated with _________.

• patience

• segregation

• respect

Where was Thurgood born?

• Baltimore, Maryland

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Rochester, New York

Why did Marshall not go to college in his home state of Maryland?

• His grades weren't good enough.

• Segregation kept him from going.

• He didn't want to move away from home.

Why didn't Thurgood attend the University of Maryland's Law school?

• It was too far from his home.

• He didn't want to go to law school.

• They didn't allow African Americans to attend.

• His father didn't want him to go there.

Marshall took the case "Brown vs. the Board of Education" to the Supreme Court and won. What were the results of this success?

• It gave Linda Brown the freedom to attend the school close to her home.

• It showed that "separate but equal" was not truly equal.

• It ended all segregation in public schools.

• All of the above.

What was Thurgood Marshall's role in the U.S. Supreme Court?

• First African American Justice

• First female Justice

• First Hispanic Justice

• First Asian American Justice