Thurgood Marshall with client Donald Gaines Murray, who was denied entry into the University of Maryland Law School, and another attorney, probably Charles Houston, during court proceedings, Maryland. Ca. 1935. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Visual Materials from the NAACP Records (LC-DIG-ppmsca-09709).

Charles H. Houston, ca. 1940. Charles Houston was the first full-time salaried Special Counsel to the NAACP, and a mentor to Thurgood Marshall. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (LC-DIG-ppmsca-05521).

Thurgood Marshall (center) celebrates with George E.C. Hayes and James M. Nabrit, following the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education declaring segregation unconstitutional, 1954. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection (LC-USZ62-111236).

Marshall (far right) and other NAACP leaders hold a poster against racial bias in Mississippi. Left to right: Henry L. Moon, director of public relations; Roy Wilkins, executive secretary; Herbert Hill, labor secretary. Photo by Al Ravenna, 1956. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection (LC-USZ62-122432).

Thurgood Marshall walking together with client Autherine Lucy, who was denied admission to the University of Mississippi, and fellow attorney Arthur Shores, February 29, 1956. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Visual Materials from the NAACP Records (LC-USZ62-108276).

Thurgood Marshall in 1957. Photograph by Thomas J. O’Halloran. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (LC-DIG-ppmsc-01271).

Thurgood Marshall, half-length portrait, facing left, holding and reading to his son, Thurgood, Jr., 22 months old, 1958. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection (LC-USZ62-112127).

Thurgood Marshall, head-and-shoulders portrait, behind microphones with Wiley Branton, after court ruling ordering Little Rock schools to proceed with integration, 1958. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection (LC-USZ62-118271).

Thurgood Marshall with his wife, Cecilia, and their two children, Thurgood, Jr. and John, in their New York apartment, 1961. Marshall was nominated for a federal judgeship. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection (LC-USZ62-109427).

Thurgood Marshall on the day of his nomination to the Supreme Court, June 13, 1967. Photo by Yoichi Okamoto. Lyndon Baines Johnson Library (C5695-11A).

Thurgood Marshall meets with President Lyndon B. Johnson regarding announcement of Marshall’s nomination as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, June 1967. Photo by Frank Wolfe. Lyndon Baines Johnson Library (C5706-1).

Message of President Lyndon B. Johnson nominating Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court, June 13, 1967. National Archives [NWL-46-MCCOOK-4(14)].

Supreme Court official portrait of Justice Marshall, 1976. Library of Congress (LC-USZ62-60139).