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Mar 2022
30m 11s

Thurgood Marshall: Supreme Court Justice

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Meet Thurgood Marshall, WHO was the first Black person to serve in the United States' Supreme Court. Follow along on his journey with Rebecca Sheir as Thurgood Marshall makes his way from civil rights advocate to the highest court in the land. Discover the WOW he added to the world and head to whowhenwow.com for activities and more based on this episode.

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