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...group of Harvard Law School (HLS) professors who clerked for former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall joined University President Lawrence H. Summers last night to discuss Marshall’s legacy on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education...
...vice dean of Howard Law School, Charles H. Houston—the first African American to serve on the Harvard Law Review—trained future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Attorney Oliver Hill, according to Ogletree. Both men played pivotal roles in developing the case against "separate but equal" school facilities. Specifically, Marshall served as chief counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which took the Brown case to the Supreme Court...
When one audience member asked about the merits of Marshall’s argument, Klarman said, “Marshall was a one-man law firm...I am a big fan of Thurgood Marshall, but I don’t think the argument had a large impact on the outcome...
...continues its Brown celebration today with a panel discussion in Ames Courtroom titled, “Reflections on the Jurisprudence of Justice Thurgood Marshall: A View from His Law Clerks.” The panel will feature nine HLS faculty members who clerked for Marshall. University President Lawrence H. Summers will deliver opening remarks...
...King and Malcolm X as religious leaders are celebrated by the media and remembered, yet Thurgood Marshall did not have that impact,” Willams said...