arshall to the Supreme Court. Thurgood Marshall succeeded Justice Tom Clark. President Johnson stated, “Thurgood Marshall was the right thing to do, the right time to do it, the right man and the right place”. Thurgood Marshall first order of business when he came to the Supreme Court in 1967, was to ask Chief Justice Earl Warren what had happen 13 years earlier to the dissent Stanley Reed never wrote in the Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka Kansas. Warren explained to Thugood that he shouldn’t worry about the case and he best left the case alone. Thurgood was amazed because every other dissent case he wanted to find, he found the case. On the court, Marshall said little during argument sessions, except to train his sarcasm on lawyers struggling through their arguments or sometimes on a fellow Justice. Thurgood was known for his dissents. Thurgood’s best-known dissent is a 63-page opinion in San Antonio school District v. Rodriquez. The court held 5-4 that the Constitution guarantee of equal protection was not violated by the property tax system, used in Texas and most other states to finance public education. Thurgood accused the majority of unsupportable acquiescence in a system that deprives children, in their earliest years of the chance to reach their full potential as citizens. Thurgood held his Justice position for twenty-four years. From 1980-1989 Thurgood health started to worsen. Thurgood was a frequent patient at various hospitals for numerous heart attacks and operations. On June 27, 1991 Thurgood Marshall (Mr. Civil Rights) retires from the Supreme Court. A reporter asks Thurgood why was he retiring. Thurgood told the reporter “I accomplish everything I possibly can in life, and now its time for my 83 year old body to rest”. On January 24, 1993 Thurgood Marshall at the age of 84, died of a massive heart attack in Maryland Bethesda Naval Hospital. Thurgood will be surely miss...
