Justice Marshall had a long and distinguished career as an assistant and later chief counsel for the NAACP. As the lead attorney in Brown v. Board of Education. Marshall was instrumental in convincing the Supreme Court to overturn the 1898 separate but equal ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson. and begin the process of ending discrimination in public education. As a justice of the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Second Circuit. Marshall wrote over 150 decisions which Included support for Immigrant rights. limiting government intrusion in illegal search and seizure. double jeopardy and right to privacy cases. As U.S. Solicitor General.
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