How these dinner conversations turned Thurgood Marshall into an icon
Tenure of first Black judge ever to serve on Supreme Court ended 30 years ago
Keith Dunlap, Digital Content Team, Graham Media Group
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Thurgood Marshall at the White House, where President Johnson addressed members of the National Emergency Committee of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. (Getty Images)
As it turns out, random dinner conversations in a Baltimore kitchen led to a significant piece of U.S. history.
While growing up in Baltimore, the late Thurgood Marshall would go to local courts with his father to observe legal arguments, according to the website Mental Floss.