单词 | marshall, thurgood |
释义 | Marshall, ThurgoodA judge of the twentieth century; the first black appointed to the Supreme Court. Before his appointment to the Court in 1967, Marshall served as a lawyer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and in 1954 he argued before the Court against segregation in the case of Brown versus Board of Education. As a Supreme Court justice, he was known for his consistently liberal record and for advocating the rights of women and minorities. Words nearby Marshall, ThurgoodMarshall, George C., marshalling yard, Marshall Islands, Marshall, John, Marshall Plan, Marshall, Thurgood, Marshalltown, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Marshalsea, marsh andromeda, marshbuck The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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