Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. He served on the Supreme Court from 1967 until his retirement in 1991. Prior to this post, Marshall served as a lawyer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people (NAACP) and helped win the 1954 case against the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. He devoted all his life to using the law to fight for civil rights and social justice. Thurgood Marshall was a hero of the United States in the 20th century: he accepted and won the case of quot; Brown v. the Board of Education & quot; led the United States to abolish the apartheid law. He later became a judge of the U.S. Supreme Court and has always been committed to promoting the rights of all Americans, including minorities, women, and immigrants.
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