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On this day in 1908, Thurgood Marshall was born here in Baltimore. One of the city’s most famous figures, Thurgood Marshall was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who would later become the first African American Supreme Court Justice.    Today also marks the 60th Anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a landmark piece of history prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.    🔗 Join us in celebrating Maryland’s Year of Civil Rights and explore a guide to Baltimore’s African American history and culture: https://lnkd.in/eWJ3WXxk   📍Statue honoring Thurgood Marshall at the U.S. Courthouse in @downtownbaltimore. 

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