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I. Artifact Name

Thurgood Marshall's Court Robe

II. Image

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III. Description of the Artifact and It's Significance


On May 17,1954, the Supreme Court handed down a decision in Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, saying that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal".
"Schools shall integrate with all deliberate speed". Thurgood Marshall headed the NAACP legal team which argued this case.
He later became the first African American Supreme Court Justice.

IV. Date and Place (Go to the Timeline and enter in this information as well as here!)

May 17,1954. Washington, D.C.

V. Multimedia Found on the Internet

http://www.hulu.com/watch/127626/biography-thurgood-marshall-justice-for-all


VI. Curators (First Name, Last Initial)

Rob K. and Valerie B.