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A CASE ARGUED BY BALTIMORE
NATIVE AND SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE, THURGOOD MARSHALL.
>> BOOKER T WASHINGTON JR. HIGH
SCHOOL AND 7TH GRADE.
TIM: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND LAW
PROFESSOR LARRY GIBSON SAYS THE
BROWN CASE BECAME THE CATALYST
FOR CHANGE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
AMERICAN'S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
>> I THINK ITS QUITE IMPORTANT.
IT BEGAN THE PROCESS OF
UNRAVELING JIM CROW AND WHAT I
MEAN BY JIM CROW IS THAT'S
GOVERNMENT ENFORCED RACIAL
SEGREGATION EVEN WITH GOVERNMENT
FACILITIES.
OK, LET ME SHOW YOU MY THURGOOD
MARSHALL RESEARCH ROOM
.
TIM GIBSON SAYS THURGOOD
: MARSHALL, AS AN NAACP
ATTORNEY, STARTED LAYING THE
GROUNDWORK FOR THE BIG CIVIL
RIGHTS CASE LONG BEFORE 1954.
THAT'S WHAT THESE TWO SHELVES
ARE.
>> I'M A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF
BROWN.
TIM: PROMINENT BALTIMORE
ATTORNEY A.
DWIGHT PETTIT HELPED INTERGRATE
HARFORD COUNTY'S ALL WHITE
FOUR YEARS AFTER THE SUPREME
COURT RULING.
MARYLAND DID NOT ADOPT BROWN.
THURGOOD MARSHALL GOT INTO A
TREMENDOUS BATTLE WITH JUDGE
ROSELL THOMPSON BECAUSE HE
REFUSED TO ADOPT BROWN ALTHOUGH
1954.
TIM: BACK AT THE THURGOOD
MARSHALL LAW LIBRARY, LARRY
GIBSON WANTS TO MAKE SURE MAY
17, BECOMES MORE THAN JUST
ANOTHER DAY ON THE CALENDAR BUT
A REMINDER OF THE STRUGGLE THAT
HELPED TRANSFORM THE NATION.
>> 54 BEGAN THE PROCESS BY
ELIMINATING GOVERNMENT RACIAL
SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION.
TIM A PROCESS AND A PIECE OF
: HISTORY GIBSON SAYS HE'LL
FIGHT TO PRESERVE.
GIBSON IS WORKING ON HIS SECOND
LEGACY OF THURGOOD MARSHALL.