Important Civil Rights Individuals
Thurgood Marshall1926 : Graduated from High School and Later attended to Lincoln College with prestigious classmate such as Kwame Nkrumah, the future president of Ghana; Langston Hughes, the great poet; and Cab Calloway, the famous jazz singer. He later applied for The University of Maryland Law School, but was denied due to his race. This set the stage for the future of his career.
1934: Marshall started working for the Baltimore branch of the NAACP in which he encountered his first case. In this case, he defended another student like he was in the application process of Maryland Law School who was denied due to their race. This case came to be know as the Murray vs. Pearson Case in January of 1936. 1954: This was a pivotal time for Thurgood, his carreer, and the Civil Rights Movement, because it brought about the case of Brown vs. Board of Education. In this case, a family sue the school district because their daughter could not attend a white school that was nearer to her than the black school she was forced to attend. on May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled against segregation in all schools due to the 14th amendment. 1961: John F. Kennedy appointed Thurgood as Judge for the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He served as a Judge for the next 4 years, issuing over 100 decisions, none of which the Supreme Court overruled. 1967: President Johnson nominated Marshall for the U.S. Supreme Court, to which he was later inaugurated in October. He was the first African American to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. As a Justice, Marshall was always supportive of upholding individual rights, and interpretations of controversial situations. Sources: Biography.com History.com NoteableBiographies.com |
A. Philip Randolph1911: Randolph left for New York City, where he studied at the City College of New York, working as an elevator operator, a porter, and a waiter. Randolph discovered great works of literature, especially those of William Shakespeare, and he also began to sharpen his public speaking skills. 1917: Randolph and his friend founded messenger. This magazine's context readily criticized President Wilson, Booker T. Washington, and Du Bois. 1925: Randolph became general organizer of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Later, after a long struggle, the majorly black porters won an election and a contract with railroads in 1937. This victory made Randolph a predominant figure in the labor movement. 1940's: Phillip used protest as a means to influence the policies of the federal government. After World War 2, Randolph took action against the Federal Government by starting the League for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Against Military Segregation. The group's actions led President Harry S. Truman issuing an executive order banning racial segregation in the U.S. Armed Forces. 1963: Randolph conceives the idea of the march on Washington, aiming to obtain government sponsorship of black jobs. Randolph's drew foresight in the fact of understanding the economic rights of the black community. He became a critic of the black power movement, which he believed was fundamentally bankrupt. |