Word: thurgood
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...Conscience & Repute. The name indelibly stamped on this victory is that of Thurgood Marshall, 47, counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He is at his sincerest and loudest (and that is very sincere and quite loud) in declaring that he is only one of the millions, white and Negro, whose courage, sweat, skill, imagination and common sense made the victory possible. Like all great victories, the school-desegregation decision opened up terrifying vistas of future obstacles and perils for all Americans. Most centrally and immediately, Marshall must deal with the future course of desegregation...
...emotions may, without violence, be composed into a more or less successful image of justice. Thurgood Marshall's feeling of love and awe for the Constitution is exceeded only by his love and awe toward his clients: the Negroes, and especially the Negroes of the South and the border states, who, facing threats of firing, or beating or even death, continue to sign the legal petitions and complaints that must be the starting point of Marshall's cases from the slum and the cotton field to the high and technical levels of the Supreme Court. Of these local...
...Thurgood Marshall, chief legal counsel for N.A.A.C.P. . . . . . . . LL.D...
...Negro Lawyer Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court's decision on the segregation issue in public schools [TIME, May 24]: You state that this decision ''was the victory of a lifetime" for Marshall. In view of the long fight, the courageous stand and the far-reaching effect of the verdict itself ... I nominate him as the Man of the Year...
...scholarly New York Negro lawyer named Thurgood Marshall, the court's decision was the victory of a lifetime. Marshall, a graduate of Jim Crow schools, handled the state cases for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Said he: "The most gratifying thing, in addition to the fact it was in favor of our side, is the unanimous decision and the language used. Once and for all, it's decided, completely decided...