Marshall, Thurgood 1908-1993 creator mixed material monographic eng 173,700 579 1 231.6 Chiefly correspondence, case files, dockets, and other papers from Marshall's tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court (1967-1991); correspondence, administrative files, and other papers from his service (1961-1965) as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit); and correspondence and legal papers relating to his years as U.S. solicitor general (1965-1967). The papers reflect Marshall's advocacy for the civil rights of minority and impoverished individuals and of criminal defendants and his opposition to capital punishment. Correspondents include Benjamin O. Davis, John Doar, John Hope Franklin, Arthur J. Goldberg, Lyndon B. Johnson, J. Edward Lumbard, Adam Clayton Powell, Carl Thomas Rowan, and Roy Wilkins. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Records relating to Marshall's early career with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People are located in the Library's collections of the NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Sound recordings transferred to Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Lawyer, judge, solicitor general, and first African-American associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001047 Davis, Benjamin O. (Benjamin Oliver) 1912-2002 Correspondence Doar, John 1921- Correspondence Franklin, John Hope 1915-2009 Correspondence Goldberg, Arthur J Correspondence Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973 Correspondence Lumbard, J. Edward (Joseph Edward) 1901- Correspondence Powell, Adam Clayton 1908-1972 Correspondence Rowan, Carl T. (Carl Thomas) 1925-2000 Correspondence Wilkins, Roy 1901-1981 Correspondence United States. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) United States. Solicitor General. United States. Supreme Court. Capital punishment Civil rights Constitutional law United States Criminals Civil rights United States Law United States Minorities Civil rights United States Poor Civil rights United States Jurists Lawyers mm 92081427 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms001047 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms001047.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001047 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001047.3 Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 921217 20260227111724.0 mm 92081427