Thurgood Marshall

Race, gender, religion and the court

Why would Thurgood Marshall be a liability for Elena Kagan? A conversation with Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree.

Essay: Thurgood Marshall and the ‘flawed document’

Alison Stewart discusses former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s mentor and one-time candidate for removal from Texas social studies textbooks.

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Thurgood Marshall

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