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Thurgood Marshall — Part 6
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with neo oman. Arcuid him. the ceaatless
Mow of aneidute: i all outaard. Buf-
Towner relaves hie tense <pfritual muwies.
Rufoonen ard work, Miter the long, ar-
sumentative conferences after the bore-
play and the hack-lajgene when he goes
home ta bis tures Harlem apartment, he
hecornes Thurgead Mar-hall the schelir.
resGing netne thinking oem bering
Hite into the couhi strot every night.
He walks iste a cheap Elitlem bar and
Ie creeted by frcecdhy -noles not berauce
of what he ha- dose for his race trhe bar-
Mes probably @ ae kros whe be is), but
becouse they know him a. a mon who
THs June sence: about curren hands and
baseball games and “that Jintle oF boy
doan in Texas” He waths into the Su.
preme Court ard j~ greeted by respectful
neds, net becasue he & 3 crusader. but
Fecause the Jusccece af ike US. Supreme
Court Crow they Gn spack to PRurcood
Marshall_as Varser ty Juaver technician
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ta technician,
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do. if youll get out of the town and
tounty and :tate. PU give vou sour free-
dem. Well) my greal-prandfather never
said a word. just Tocked at him. And he
walked off the place serded down a couple
miles away. raised his family and lived
there ull the day he died. And nobody
ever boda hand on him.”
Thi- moet un Sfrican paratle of inde-
ber dence ds curceeded in Mur-hall’s reper-
tur of family stories by hi paternal
geandyather ta rough and teugh col r.
Tan. Fle raver knew what his fect oe
wae 0 he tock twn—Thor. che doa
Thomseoed. He draw tea 6 ire con
ets Ol the day be Wed one in each
nore. Pows. named Thorwuehs oo! ater
him. but bs the dire Powas in the cecond
grade. Tgor tired of -petling oll that and
shortened it.”
His maternal praediather, aiah O. B.
tfur Olive Branch be esids Williams, also
went tu sea cane heme with money and
aotacte Ter pera and Sho ke-peare. He
: Seen the:
code cceecta das
coher Mocar fy
ee belour to phe
rer ta the surg ‘,
robe tro phy st
tured duaa The a!
rade hill he 4 He
The chip onthe +
shand ty This
diane car worlep ae
steward at Raltin: -
Greon Velind clus
Mee wih jelh ion f -
shinned and Muna.
feed and Ris breathes
calle \eu nigger aww -
thkien te fight him
to fisht him.” Once }-
order. Delhen dia |
Was Iming to beard
“tach of bats co hich |
Overoor araund the-
ahaard when a owhie +
backwards, “Nigguh’ |.
puch in front of ro v!
Tohadn't seen amv wt,
into him. The bats coat:
street. and we both ¢ |
Scroonched Down.
was always saving thai L.
the streets” rather tha: |
ples. Thurgood says it t.-
is no fanatic, and he hz
plex. He tell, two eter:
When his father ¢ :
dining car jobon the BA
good Murchall campt.
steward that his white « -
too shon, “Boy,” car} :t.
can get a man to &t the ;
than we can get pants 1h
don't you just kinds -.1
‘em a hittle more>” Sa.
scroonched.”
The other story ha; j=
when Lawyer Marshall s
Mississippi town. waitune
Shreveport. La,
“T was out there on the
ing to Jock small whe.
Tan with a gun on he:
‘Nipguh” he said. “Eo thew
to khnoow the -un aint neve
niggeh in this town.’ Sa
cacstitutonal rights in Ce!
‘em in my hip pocket a
tight. And, believe me, 1
train out of there.”
Whence this caution. a
restraint? Thurgood’s =m
Arica. bas been for :5 |
more schoolteacher ard nur
TIME, SEPE
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