Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP
Civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall's triumph in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision to desegregate America's public schools completed the final leg of a journey of over 20 years laying the groundwork to end legal segregation. He won more Supreme Court cases than any lawyer in American history, making the work of civil rights pioneers like the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks possible.
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Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP
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Status
Released
Release Date
Oct 1, 2014
Runtime
0h 56m
Genres
History, Documentary
Original Title
Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP
Production Companies
PBS
Director
Mick Caouette
Description
Civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall's triumph in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision to desegregate America's public schools completed the final leg of a journey of over 20 years laying the groundwork to end legal segregation. He won more Supreme Court cases than any lawyer in American history, making the work of civil rights pioneers like the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks possible.
