thurgood marshall

February 24, 2000 Michael J. Petrides 623 My Journal of Thurgood Marshall Day 1, Today I was born, I was the second son of William Marshall, my dad. I was born on July 2, 1908, in West Baltimore, Maryland. My father worked as a dining car waiter for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. This job was descent for African Americans at that time. My aunt once remarked that when I was a child I was very cute and I had big …showed first 75 words of 742 total…

…showed last 75 words of 742 total…I had a case. Day 10, On June 27, 1991, I announced my retirement in the Supreme Court, reporters asked why, I said I was getting old “I’m 83 years old”. Reporters asked what would I do after my retirement, and I said I don’t know. Day 11, On January 24, 1993, Thurgood Marshall died of heart failure in Maryland’s Bethesda Naval. He was about to attend his close friend Al Gore’s inauguration. Bibliography david shields.....thurgood marshall