Racial Segregation
Racial Segregation in the United States is one of the countries most negative enforcements in history. Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation had promised freedom but racial segregation was everywhere decades after this event. Segregation is the separation of humans into ethnic or racial groups in daily life. This includes activities such as :eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a public toilet, attending school, going to the movies, riding on a bus, or in the rental or purchase of a home. Many people during the time of Civils Rights Movement had been recognized for their leadership. All these leaders had different methods to try and end legal segregation in the United States, many successful but not all. One of
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In one of Marshall's first cases, alongside his mentor, Charles Houston, he defended another well-qualified undergraduate, Donald Murray. Murray had been attendance to the University of Maryland Law Schools. “Marshall and Houston won Murray v. Pearson in January 1936”(Historic World Leaders), being the first in a timeline of cases dealing with legal segregation in the United States. In 1936 Marshall had moved to New York City working full time legal counsel for the NAACP. Thurgood had won multiple cases to take down forms of legalized racism. “Marshall's first victory before the Supreme Court came in Chambers v. Florida (1940), in which he successfully defended four black men who had been convicted of murder on the basis of confessions coerced from them by police” (Historic World Leaders). This was just another step towards ending legal segregation. The greatest achievement in Thurgood’s career was was his victory in the Brown vs. Board Education. “The class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of a group of black parents in Topeka, Kansas on behalf of their children forced to attend all-black segregated schools. Through Brown v. Board, one of the most important cases of the 20th century”(Historic World Leaders). The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," and therefore racial segregation of public schools violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The case established much of the inspiration, for the American Civil Rights Movement that unfolded over the next decade. The case had also established Marshall as one of the most successful and prominent lawyers in
In one of Marshall's first cases, alongside his mentor, Charles Houston, he defended another well-qualified undergraduate, Donald Murray. Murray had been attendance to the University of Maryland Law Schools. “Marshall and Houston won Murray v. Pearson in January 1936”(Historic World Leaders), being the first in a timeline of cases dealing with legal segregation in the United States. In 1936 Marshall had moved to New York City working full time legal counsel for the NAACP. Thurgood had won multiple cases to take down forms of legalized racism. “Marshall's first victory before the Supreme Court came in Chambers v. Florida (1940), in which he successfully defended four black men who had been convicted of murder on the basis of confessions coerced from them by police” (Historic World Leaders). This was just another step towards ending legal segregation. The greatest achievement in Thurgood’s career was was his victory in the Brown vs. Board Education. “The class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of a group of black parents in Topeka, Kansas on behalf of their children forced to attend all-black segregated schools. Through Brown v. Board, one of the most important cases of the 20th century”(Historic World Leaders). The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," and therefore racial segregation of public schools violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The case established much of the inspiration, for the American Civil Rights Movement that unfolded over the next decade. The case had also established Marshall as one of the most successful and prominent lawyers in