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Four prominent figures in American law including Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan recalled their experiences working as clerks for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. They discussed Ma…

The Federal Judicial Conference of the Fourth Circuit was held in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. In this panel, law professors discussed the legacy of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood M…

Wil Haygood talked about his book Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America, in which he examines the life and career of Justice Thurgood Marshall. In…

Former law clerks to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall spoke about his legacy. He served from 1967 to 1991. Panelists, including Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, remembered their tim…

Wil Haygood talked about his life and career and responded to viewer comments and questions. Mr. Haygood’s most recent book is Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination Th…

Wil Haygood talked about his book, Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America. This interview was held at the 38th annual National Press Club Book Fair…

Charles L. Zelden talked about his book Thurgood Marshall: Race, Rights, and the Struggle for a More Perfect Union, in which he recounts the life and career of Thurgood Marshall, the first A…

Panelists talked about Mick Caouette’s film “Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP.” They spoke about Justice Marshall’s early law career as well as his work in the South to expa…

Rawn James profiles Charles Hamilton Houston, the first African American on the Harvard Law Review and dean of Howard University Law School and his student Thurgood Marshall, valedictorian o…

Washington, DC Friday, February 21, 2014 C-SPAN Radio concludes its series of former Supreme Court Justices oral history interviews on Friday, Feb. 21 with former Associate Justice Thurg…

A portion of a June 1967 Universal Newsreel about the nomination of civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court shows various clips of Mr. Marshall, including with Presid…

In the East Conference room of the United States Supreme Court, Justice Thurgood Marshall responded to reporters' questions and comments about his retirement from the Court. He said he was r…

A panel discussion was held on the legacy of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black U.S. Supreme Court justice. The panelists talked about how Justice Marshall’s experiences as a trial lawyer an…

A panel discussion was held on the legacy of Thurgood Marshall, the first black U.S. Supreme Court Justice. The panelists speculated on what Justice Marshall’s opinions would be on current i…

Mr. Williams discussed his biography, Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary, published by Times Books. He described the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall as an architect …

A panel discussion was held to commemorate the July 2, 2008, centennial of the birth of Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Ju…

Justice Breyer spoke at the opening of a national exhibit honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. He talked about Justice Marshall’s history in the judicial system and the…

Juan Williams talked about his life, work, and career. He discussed civil rights and race relations in the U.S., culminating in the election of President Barack Obama. He responded to teleph…

Darnell Weeden spoke about the life and legacy of Justice Thurgood Marshall. He spoke about the impact of school integration following Brown v. Board of Education, civil rights, and race rel…

Juan Williams talked about his book Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary. The book, which was yet to be released, is the product of a series of interviews Justice Marshall granted Mr. W…