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; : October 18, 1547 Re: THURGOOD MARSHALL BICGRAPETCAL DATA - According to a letter fren the WAACP @oted September eers of the dasociation ase Special Counsel. . e fe : Fa. 1947, Thurgood Marshall appears ona ltet of executive of fi- He was ltsted as a sponser of the American Civil Liberties Unton, (Southern Caltfornta Branch, ) according to the annual Report of the orgeniaction for 1939. According to tnformation recetved tn 1942, Warshall was on the Board of Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union. On February 10, 1944, there waa an announcement of the results of a nationwide poll by the Schomburg Collection of egro Literature of the Yew York Public Library to determine the eiz white tndtutduala or organizations and the twelve Negro tne Gividuals or organizations which had done the most outstanding work during the preceding year for the improvement of race- relations. <Anong the Negroes nominated was Thurgeod Marshall. The Daily Worker on July 1, 1946, indicated that Mar-~ Soatk recetved the Spingarn Medal, the NAACP 's highest award, for hts work in defense of Negroes, at the 37th Conference of the organization tn Cincinnati. sea24 Se. ft a TF PPE eo od yer" activittes lists Thurgood Mershall as being an officer of the 7 International Jurtdiceal Asaoctation. This same report on page a st pe th . or . ae ae ) . . 4A Fepurt OF GhE OPEC Us COMMILTLTES OF UReAMETS COM 809 ltete him asa member of the Katicnal Committee of this sssocitation from Maryland. Identt fication records reflect that one Thurgood Mar~ shali, Negro, born July 2, 1908, at Baltimore, BMaryland, was fingerprinted tn the Virgin Ialands on Cctober 1, 1946, when hae anntiat a2 A Ae eee eS Thaee sedi nde pee pees ehaet nent net ree Bpperew yur we peeepyvi ve fNGeG Pirie? WET ES ene Uhwl nie & the criminal files of the Identt fication Division on Getober 15, 1947, and no record was found. ‘II. JFDECLOGICAL SYVFATEIES b7] The WAACP hod a two-day conference in Florence, South Carolina, on June 13 and 14, 1 t which Murgood Yarshall _ was the princtpal speaker. who was then of the Wieen colored aches fn FPlavaneae faunth Caro- wee Are wie were wr & he = wire oF wre fer errs ys el and Cd tthe, stated that he had met Marehall and believed him to be a doyal Anertoan who would go ae far os8 he could te further the coins of Ata organization but would not permit anything radical to be done to accomplish the destred end. COUPEE ROSE) “a veh _° a .- By ae tee sane be pee ee aes, ee ee Cee Taree TS TTe Sera eS