Question

Thurgood Marshall _____.

a. signed the Southern Manifesto
b. was a lawyer for the NAACP
c. was the first black justice of the Supreme Court
d. argued Plessy v. Ferguson before the Supreme Court

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter C. Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court. He was a successful lawyer that argued well before the Supreme Court for the cause of desegregating public schools. A lot of presidents nominated him for his terms in office because of the tenacity he has in performing court duties.