Thurgood Marshall deserves this nation's undying gratitude, not trashing from the GOP

As I just noted in another thread, Thurgood Marshall - and his mentor, Charles Hamilton Houston - saved this nation from a second Civil War.

These men, along with the plaintiffs they represented and the lawyers they worked with on the road to Brown, demonstrated patience, breathtaking foresight, and absolute legal genius. Facing what was believed to be unshakeable Supreme Court precedent, in which the Constitution was used to deny equal protection to millions of American citizens, they figured out a way to use the Constitution to correct itself. And then they made it happen. Had they not done this, I have no doubt that our nation would have plunged into a second civil war, from which we probably would never have recovered.

Thurgood Marshall did this when he could have been making a comfortable living as a lawyer or law professor. He did this when it put his life in danger.

Many African Americans of a certain age will tell you that, in the darkest days, when rights were trampled upon, lives threatened, humanity denied and they knew the government would likely not lift a finger to protect them (and, in fact, was often the perpetrator of the wrongs), they made the call. When the answer came, their spirits and hearts were lifted and they knew they could hold on just a little bit longer - all because of two words that made their way from home to home from church to church from person to person like a whispered lifeline: "Thurgood's coming."

Thurgood Marshall is an American hero. Anyone who dares to spit on this great man's memory and legacy for any but especially for the sake of scoring cheap political points needs to be called out on the spot.

Quite the threat!
Good read

Seregation yesterday, segregation, today, and segregation forever.

Time to hammer them on this bullshit.

since there are plenty of people - especially younger people - who don't know much about him and may fall for these lies about him. We can't let that happen.

As a high school and college graduate in the last 6 years, I can say that I never once heard of Thurgood Marshall in any of my history or political classes, and I'm a history buff who pays more attention then most would in those classes. I only learned about him after graduating college, reading about him on Internet forums like DU, and a newspaper article I read on him a few months ago that told his whole life story.

people WILL learn about who he was and why the Repubs. were so wrong for trashing him.

K&R!!! :)

Empowerer, you comment that these people saved this country from Civil War II is a point that needs to be made again and again and again.

I just got sick to my stomach listening to those hell hounds trash Marshall..

He was a great Supreme Court justice, and to hell with those who want to besmirch his memory.

K&R

Just when were we ever close to that happening?