Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

male, deceased (1993)
Thurgood Marshall was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Prior to becoming a...
Charles Hamilton Houston

Charles Hamilton Houston

male, deceased (1950)
Charles Hamilton Houston (September 3, 1895-April 22, 1950) was a black lawyer, Dean of Howard University Law School and NAACP Litigation Director...
Jack Greenberg

Jack Greenberg

male, 85 years old
Jack Greenberg (born 1924) is an American attorney and legal scholar. He was among the NAACP's legal counsel for a quarter century, notably...

OliverBrown

male
Oliver Brown was the plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case "Brown v. Board of Education" of 1954. The Court overturned the doctrine of...
Constance Baker Motley

Constance Baker Motley

female, deceased (2005)
Constance Baker Motley (14 September 1921-28 September 2005) was an African American civil rights activist, lawyer, judge, and state senator. She...
Gunnar Myrdal

Gunnar Myrdal

male, deceased (1987)
Gunnar Myrdal (December 6, 1898 - May 17, 1987) was a Swedish economist and politician. He was born in Gustafs, Dalarna, and died in Danderyd,...
Charles Black

Charles Black

male, deceased (2001)
Charles L. Black, Jr. (born September 22, 1915, Austin, Texas; died May 5, 2001, New York City) was a noted scholar of constitutional law, which he...

James Nabrit

male, 77 years old
James Nabrit III is an African American civil rights attorney who won several important decisions before the U.S. Supreme Court. Nabrit was born in...
Kiri Davis

Kiri Davis

female
Kiri Laurelle Davis is a young, African American filmmaker based in New York City, whose first documentary, done when she was enrolled in the Reel...

Sylvia Mendez

female, 73 years old
Sylvia Mendez (born 1936) is an American civil rights activist of Mexican-Puerto Rican heritage. At age eight, she played an instrumental role in...