The Bill of Rights Institute developed an eight-question Independence Day quiz to test Americans' knowledge about the July 4th holiday.

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Thurgood Marshall was born in 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, during a period when racial segregation and discrimination were deeply entrenched in American society.

John W. Marshall, 66, was born in 1958, the same year his father returned to Topeka to speak at the state convention of the NAACP. Thurgood Marshall had previously visited the capital city as part ...

Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 2, 1908. His original first name was Thoroughgood, after one of his grandfathers, Thorough Good Marshall, who had been a slave.

1. HE WASN'T ALWAYS THURGOOD. Thoroughgood Marshall was born in Maryland in 1908. Young Thoroughgood would eventually change his name to Thurgood.

Freedom for all When I was born, almost 80 years ago, things were different. Black people, women and gay people did not have the choices they have today.