Thurgood Marshall

Supreme Court Justice

Fun fact: In the 1950s, he tipped off the FBI about communist's attempt to infiltrate the NAACP but the FBI also tried to tie him to communism as an informant. Source: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/534503/facts-about-thurgood-marshall

Biography: Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American who served as Associate Justice of the Super Court of the United States and was appointed by President Kennedy. Growing up in Baltimore, he faced many racial discrimination that shaped his views on civil rights. He saved from October 1967 until October 1991 and had won 29 Supreme Court cases out of 32 he presented. ( Source: https://www.oyez.org/justices/thurgood_marshall)