Thurgood Marshall, civil rights activist and NAACP chief counsel, was confirmed as the first Black Supreme Court justice on this day in history, August 30, 1967.

Sunday marks the 115th year since Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall was born in West Baltimore. Beloved Community Services Corporation, a Baltimore nonprofit, is hosting a celebration of Mars… ...

Cecilia Marshall in 2006. She served on the boards of the Supreme Court Historical Society and the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense and Education Fund and guarded his legacy after his death in 1993.

Cecilia Marshall, widow of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, laughs while watching a slide show about her husband in Annapolis, Md., on March 28, 2005.

*Maryland Public Television (MPT) has announced the upcoming documentary, “Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect,” which is set to explore the remarkable life of Thurgood Marshall ...

Explore the life of Thurgood Marshall in 'Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect,' a new PBS documentary premiering in September.

The widow of former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first Black man to serve on the court, died Tuesday, according to a statement from the court. She was 94. Cecilia Suyat Marshall ...

Cecilia “Cissy” Marshall, a former NAACP legal secretary who safeguarded the reputation and legacy of her late husband, Thurgood Marshall, a towering civil rights lawyer who became the first ...