supreme court justice
Image via REUTERS/Leah Millis.
The women leaders are also calling evangelical women to contact their senators and encourage them to appoint a more moderate Supreme Court justice, fast for 35 days, listen to stories and testimonies of people of color, and act based on discernment
Thurgood Marshall / Wikimedia Commons
On Aug. 30, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was confirmed by the United States Senate as the first African-American Supreme Court Justice. Throughout his tenure as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and even prior to his nomination to the court by President Johnson, Marshall left his mark on various cases that have proved pivotal to pushing America closer toward being a fair and just society for all.
Here are five Supreme Court cases in which Marshall fought for justice—often while he was on the other side of the bench—and won.
Former President George W. Bush receives a pro-life award this weekend from Legatus, an organization of Catholic business professionals.
In the first year of Gail Collins's survey of "the amazing journey of American women from 1960 to the present," I turned 12.