Students and educators celebrated the 15th anniversary of Thurgood Marshall Elementary School in Oxnard on Friday, paying tribute to the school’s namesake: the nation’s first African-American ...

February is Black History Month. This month we take the opportunity to celebrate the life and legacy of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American on the United States Supreme Court.

Baltimore (WBFF) — The elementary school of Justice Thurgood Marshall in Baltimore could soon be classified as a historical site - -as Fox45 News explores the recent multi-million dollar ...

Maryland lawmakers introduced legislation this week to designate Thurgood Marshall’s former Baltimore elementary school as a National Historic Site. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, joined by Sens.

Thurgood Marshall at times showed his courage and sense of humor all at once while serving as an attorney for clients in the segregated South, where many had gotten used to being mistreated by the ...

Hathaway Sr. is president and CEO of the Beloved Community Services Corporation, which spearheaded efforts to open the Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center. (Photos courtesy of the Baltimore Office of ...

BALTIMORE -- Baltimore honored civil Rights icon Thurgood Marshall's legacy by reviving a piece of the city's history. For decades, Thurgood Marshall's old elementary school sat abandoned.

An exterior of the Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff) From left, Ivan Bates, Baltimore state's attorney, Rev. Alvin Hathaway Sr and Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-MD07 talk the ...

Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.). Most of the senators who voted against Thurgood Marshall's Supreme Court nomination were segregationists like Sen. Strom Thurmond. | Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first Black nominated to serve on the Supreme Court. He was confirmed after four days of grueling hearings. Marshall served on the high ...

What was formerly the Henry Highland Garnet School will soon be the Justice Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center at P.S. 103. The restoration project will be named after a Civil Rights icon who ...