The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that Cecilia Marshall, wife of late Justice Thurgood Marshall, has died. She was 94.
The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that Cecilia Marshall, wife of late Justice Thurgood Marshall, has died.Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement that she was a “vibrant and engaged member of the Court family" and that “You wanted to sit next to her at any event."
Born in Hawaii in 1928, Cecilia Marshall began taking classes at Columbia University to become a stenographer after moving to New York City. She met the high court's first Black justice while working at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People , which she began in 1948. They later married on Dec. 17, 1955.Her husband was appointed to the Supreme Court on Oct. 2, 1967, by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Before joining the Supreme Court, he worked as a civil rights lawyer. This career included him arguing the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education, which outlawed segregation in public schools, the Associated Press reported.Justice Elena Kagan, who clerked for Thurgood Marshall, said, “Every clerk to Justice Marshall received a sort of bonus: the steadfast friendship and support of his wife, Cissy. She called her"a marvelous woman" that was"loved and admired" by all.
She is survived by her two sons, Thurgood Jr. and John, four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
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