Civil Rights
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Thurgood Marshall as an Advocate
ArticleBefore he was a Supreme Court Justice, Marshall advocated for civil rights as a lawyer with the NAACP.
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New York Times Company v. Sullivan
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court decision that arose during the Civil Rights Movement and protected freedom of the press
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Loving v. Virginia
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court decision upholding equal protection and due process in regard to interracial marriage
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Linda Brown
Life StoryThe seven-year-old girl who became the face of Brown v. Board of Education, an educator, and a lifelong activist
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John Marshall Harlan
Life StoryA Kentucky lawyer and politician who fought for the Union Army and became Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and a voice for “equal protection” for U.S. citizens.
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Incorporating Rights
EraDuring the 1950s and 1960s, Supreme Court decisions addressed issues involving individual rights in the civil rights movement, the apportionment of voting, police procedures, and the scope of state power in areas such as birth control and school prayer.
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Hernandez v. Texas
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court case that recognized Mexican Americans as an independent racial group entitled to Fourteenth Amendment protections
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Gus Garcia
Life StoryThe charismatic attorney who fought for civil rights and worked with the first Mexican-American legal team to argue before the Supreme Court
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Earl Warren
Life StoryThe accomplished attorney general and California governor who led the Supreme Court as Chief Justice during a 16-year period of many Constitutional decisions protecting individual rights
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Constance Baker Motley
Life StoryThe daughter of Caribbean immigrants who became a monumental civil rights advocate, pioneer in politics, and the first Black woman to argue before the Supreme Court and to serve as a federal district judge.
