Her death was confirmed by her son Thurgood Marshall Jr. Mrs. Marshall, who was known as Cissy, married Mr. Marshall in 1955, a year after the Court handed down the Brown v.

Cecilia "Cissy" Marshall, a former NAACP legal secretary who safeguarded the reputation and legacy of her late husband, Thurgood Marshall, a towering civil rights lawyer who became the first Black ...

Marshall's son, Thurgood Marshall Jr., told USA Today that it was "an ironic twist" that the FBI documents indicate a cooperative relationship between his father and the agency, given Thurgood ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Thurgood Marshall Jr. is a Partner for the Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius with 10 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1993 Ceremony as a Son. Most ...

She was born on July 20, 1928, in Pu’unene, Maui, in Hawaii, which was a U.S. territory at the time. She married Thurgood Marshall, then the leader of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, on Dec. 17 ...

Cecilia “Cissy” Marshall, the wife of the late Supreme Court Justice and civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall, died on Tuesday at age 94, the court’s public information office announced.

Moore gave Marshall's son, Thurgood Marshall Jr., a governor's citation. Marshall Jr. said this is quite an honor for the family to have his father's legacy live on this way.

Cecilia “Cissy” Marshall, a former NAACP legal secretary who safeguarded the reputation and legacy of her late husband, Thurgood Marshall, a towering civil rights lawyer who became the first ...

*(CNN) — Cecilia “Cissy” Marshall, the wife of the late Supreme Court Justice and civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall, died on Tuesday at age 94, the court’s public information office ...

Thurgood Marshall stands with his family prior to being sworn in as the first black member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Left to right are his sister-in-law, Mrs. Sally Acoba; sons, Thurgood, Jr ...