Carl A. Cowan papers, 1950-1971.

Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993

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Thurgood Marshall (b. July 2, 1908, Baltimore, Maryland – d. January 24, 1993, Washington, D.C.) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice. Before becoming a judge, Marshall was a lawyer who was best known for his high success rate in arguing before the Supreme Court and for the victory in Brown v. Board of Education, a 1954 decision that ruled t...

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Cowan, Carl A.

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First African American assistant district attorney for Knox County; prominent in civil rights litigation; helped revive the local NAACP and sought to integrate the University of Tennessee as early as 1939; elected to Knox County Court (now called County Commission) in 1946 and served until 1948; worked with Thurgood Marshall for integration of the local secondary schools in 1958; and Knoxville College alumni. From the description of Carl A. Cowan papers, 1950-1971. (Unknown). WorldCa...

Knoxville (Tenn.). Board of Education

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Johnson City (Tenn.). Board of Education

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Knoxville Branch

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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

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Gray, Gene Mitchell

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