*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, the first ...

A new documentary described as bringing fresh insights into the life of pioneering civil rights leader and Baltimore native Thurgood Marshall will premiere on PBS this fall. “Becoming Thurgood: ...

The first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, used the law to achieve social change. On the next episode of Us & Them, Trey Kay hosts a community conversation, sponsored by ...

The influential legacy of Thurgood Marshall, who served as the first Black associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1967-1991, is in the spotlight once more as PBS premieres its new ...

In a public media partnership that offers content about the history, legacy, cultural heritage and degree programs offered by America’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Maryland ...

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Thurgood Marshall smiles as he sits in a Supreme Court Building office following ceremony at which Marshall was sworn in as the High Court's newest justice in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 1, 1967. As ...

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1908: Thurgood Marshall was born July 2, 1908 in Baltimore, MD. 1930: Marshall graduated from Lincoln University in 1930, then obtained his law degree from Howard University Law School in 1933. He ...

From left to right: Cherri Gregg, host of WHYY’s Studio 2, Judge Kai Scott, district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Attorney Samantha Fitzpatrick, ...

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