Thurgood Marshall

When Thurgood Marshall Was Nearly Lynched

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 3, 2021

I was familiar with the Columbia, Tennessee race riot of 1946 because of its importance in the Black freedom struggle developing immediately after World War II. What I did not know is that it nearly cost Thurgood Marshall his life after the NAACP sent him...

General

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 158

By Erik Loomis

On October 19, 2017

This is the grave of Thurgood Marshall. While Marshall is justly famous, his actual life is not so well known so it's worth spending some time laying this out. Born.

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Trenchant Historical Commentary on Eric Garner’s Murder (II)

By Erik Loomis

On December 7, 2014

Thurgood Marshall: Although the city instructs its officers that use of a chokehold does not constitute deadly force, since 1975 no less than 16 persons have died following the use.

I Know Thurgood Marshall, and John Roberts Is…

By Scott Lemieux

In Uncategorized

On June 12, 2009

Commenting in defense of grandfather clauses that help to perpetuate previously racist admissions policies and John Roberts's empty formalism in Parents Involved, David Nieporent asserts:And both you and Stevens might want to review Marshall's arguments in Brown. He explicitly explained to the Court that the...

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