Thurgood Marshall was a pioneering figure in Black history as the first African American to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Born in 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, Marshall dedicated his life to fighting racial segregation and discrimination. He was a prominent civil rights attorney and successfully argued several landmark cases before the Supreme Court, including Brown v. Board of Education, which declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

Marshall's work as a lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund laid the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement and helped to dismantle the legal framework of segregation in the United States. In 1967, he was appointed as a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and in 1967, he became the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Throughout his tenure on the Supreme Court, Marshall was a strong advocate for civil rights and social justice. He consistently supported the expansion of individual rights and equality under the law. Marshall retired from the Supreme Court in 1991 and passed away in 1993, leaving behind a powerful legacy as a champion for racial equality and justice in America.