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Thurgood

Marshall

James
Meredith

Thurgood Marshall sent an application to the


University of Maryland Law School but they
refused to admit him because he was black.
1934

1943

Thurgood graduates from law


school and joined NAACP
Thurgood Marshall was
appointed to the Second Court
of Appeals by President J.F.
Kennedy.

1954
Began legal
battle
against Ole
Miss
1961
Meredith
registers for
classes at
ole miss

Graduates from ole


miss
Receives a law degree from
Columbia University
Ran unsuccessfully as a
Republican against senator of
Mississippi

1962

1963

1968

1972

Thurgood worked to get the


schools in New York
integrated so that African
Americans and whites could
go to the same schools.

Won the court case that made


segregation of whites and
blacks illegal.

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