c changes in other areas of segregation. Thurgood managed to persuade the Supreme Court to unanimously declare segregation in public schools unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. When Thurgood was asked for a definition of “equal “ by Justice Frankfurter, Thurgood said, “Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and the same place”. Additionally, Thurgood fought to win four other Supreme Court segregation cases: public parks, swimming pools, local bus systems, and athletic facilities. In February 1955 Marshall’s wife, Vivian started to get ill from cancer. Thurgood stayed with her during her lasts weeks. Thurgood didn’t work or leave her alone. After Vivan death, Thurgood remained single for a year. Thurgood then met his new friend, and eventually wife Cecillia. Cecillia worked as a secretary for The NAACP. Cecillia Suyat was born a Philippine. Many people thought with Cecillia white skin coloring that Thurgood would be looked at differently. Thurgood didn’t care anyway. Between 1955 and 1960. Thurgood’s legal team at The NAACP filed seven major cases, dealing with the right of black children to an education. In 1957 He represented the nine black Little Rock Arkansas students, who tried to integrate Central High School. Thurgood faced all sorts of violence threats and bombings. Thurgood was going to face segregationist Gov. Orval Fabubus and Arkansas moderate Senator J. William Fulbright.Thurgood prepared his brief about children having the right to an education, But the Senator J. William Fulbright urged the court to postponed the case, afraid someone will be killed. Thurgood Marshall used his straightforward and plainspoken approach to win over the jury. The case was a turning point for segregation, because a lot of schools still weren’t completely integrated. Thurgood Marshall fame as Mr. Civil Rights became even more relevant in...
