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  • Reflecting on Thurgood Marshall's speech at U of I in 1956

    Jan 17, 2024 10:15 am by Illinois Public MediaLegacy
    civil rights leader Thurgood Marshall speaking into a microphone in 1956. Associated Press photo

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    • civil rights leader Thurgood Marshall speaking into a microphone in 1956. Associated Press photo

    On March 8, 1956, future U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall visited the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to talk about his work, the many cases of segregation in Illinois, and the murder of Emmett Till.