THURGOOD MARSHALL [ca. 1956-68] Photo archive

Thurgood Marshall. 1956-68. Photos. New York, Washington, D.C.: Various, [ca. 1956-1968]. Set of three vintage original variously-sized black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photos. Full text, clipping, blurb and ink stamp information on versos. Used for publications, one includes sizing marks on the image. Near fine.

Thurgood Marshall was a civil rights lawyer who used the courts to fight Jim Crow and dismantle segregation in the U.S. Marshall was a towering figure who became the nation’s first Black United States Supreme Court Justice. He is best known for arguing the historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case, in which the Supreme Court declared “separate but equal” unconstitutional in public schools.