| Thurgood Marshall  AKA Thoroughgood Marshall
Born: 2-Jul-1908
Birthplace: Baltimore, MD
Died: 24-Jan-1993
Location of death: Bethesda, MD
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Gender: Male
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Judge Nationality: United States
Executive summary: First black U.S. Supreme Court justice "If the First Amendment means anything, it means that the state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch." Father: William Marshall (steward, white social club)
Mother: Norma (schoolteacher)
Brother: William Aubrey Marshall
Wife: Vivien Burey (m. 1930, d. Feb-1955)
Wife: Cecilia A. Suyat (two children, m. 1955, d. 1993)
Son: Thurgood Marshall, Jr. (legislative affairs coordinator for Al Gore)
Son: John (member Virginia State Police)
High School: Frederick Douglass High School, Baltimore, MD
University: Lincoln University Pennsylvania (1930)
Law School: Howard University
US Solicitor General
US Supreme Court Justice
NAACP
American Civil Liberties Union
Freemasonry
Order of the Coif Honorary
Supreme Court Historical Society Trustee
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Spingarn Medal 1946
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1993
Risk Factors: Obesity
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