1. By: Gavin G. & Gavin T.

2.  Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 2, 1908.  Often got in trouble in school for misbehaving.  He loved to argue and was the star of the debate team.  Went to Lincoln University, and then went to the University of Maryland.

3.  His father, William, worked as a steward at an all-white country club.  His mother, Norma, was a kindergarten teacher.  His grandfather was a slave who gained his freedom by escaping from the south during Civil War.

4.  Marshall argued that separate schools could not be equal.  Marshall won the case showing that segregation in schools was unconstitutional.  First African American Supreme Court Justice.

5.  Marshall had to memorize the U.S. Constitution in high school as punishment for misbehaving in class.  His birth first name was Thoroughgood, but as a child, Marshall got tired of having to write out such a long name.  While working as a lawyer, he argued 32 cases before the Supreme Court and won 29 of them.  There was a one-man play about the life of Thurgood Marshall called Thurgood which appeared on Broadway starring Laurence Fishburne in 2008.