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John F. Kennedy, Mr. McPherson joined President Johnson's White House staff in 1965, and over the next four years, he became one of Johnson's most trusted advisers. In 1966 he helped organize a White House conference on civil rights, a gathering that...
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 20: The Rev. Billy Talen preaches to protesters affiliated with Occupy Wall Street during an Occupy the Courts protest outside the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse on January 20, 2012 in New York City. The protesters marked the... View Photo »
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Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.
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F. Kennedy, Mr. McPherson joined President Johnson’s White House staff in 1965, and over the next four years, he became one of Johnson’s most trusted advisers. In 1966 he helped organize a White House conference on civil rights, a gathering that...
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But for all the good that Harry and his mentor could accomplish on the domestic front, their crucible would be far away, in the jungles of Vietnam. In the interviews for the film, Harry recalls LBJ's anguish over a war that he knew was deeply unpopular...
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Sus escritos sobre segregación racial atrajeron la atención de Thurgood Marshall, el abogado principal de la Asociación Nacional de Personas de Raza Negra (NAACP, por sus siglas en inglés) en el caso Brown vs. Junta de Educación, que sentó precedente. ...
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An Occupy Wall Street activists holds up a sign during a rally in front of the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 in New York. Facing freezing temperatures and snowy weather, several hundred protesters gathered at courthouses... View Photo »
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Pat Buchanan had a different reason, there are too many Jews on the Supreme Court. The lone sitting black justice is Clarence Thomas, nominated by George H. W. Bush. And Thomas was made to run a gauntlet by Senate liberals. Indeed, of the last seven...
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Although they deserve their acclaim, February 2012 is the perfect time to reflect on Bayard Rustin, Chester County’s own civil rights hero, during the centennial of his birth. Known as the “Architect of the March on Washington,” Bayard Rustin was a...
About Thurgood Marshall
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Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Before becoming a judge, he was a lawyer who was best remembered for his high success rate in arguing before the Supreme Court and for the victory in Brown v. Board of Education. Full Article
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An Occupy Wall Street activists walks past a steam vent as he marches to the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 in New York. Facing freezing temperatures and snowy weather, several hundred protesters gathered at courthouses across the nation Friday and some clashed...
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 20: The Rev. Billy Talen preaches to protesters affiliated with Occupy Wall Street during an Occupy the Courts protest outside the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse on January 20, 2012 in New York City. The protesters marked the second anniversary of a Supreme...
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Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before the U.S. Sentencing Commission, at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building in Washington, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Federal law has already been changed to affect new sentences, eliminating a disparity that existed between those...
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Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Wednesday, June 1, 2011,, at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building in Washington. At right is Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Thomas R. Kane.
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An Occupy Wall Street activists walks past a steam vent as he marches to the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 in New York. Facing freezing temperatures and snowy weather, several hundred protesters gathered at courthouses across the nation Friday and some clashed...
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