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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 381 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.Con.Res.381
                                                 Agreed to July 16, 2008

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and eight

                          Concurrent Resolution

Whereas Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 2, 
  1908, the grandson of a slave;

Whereas Thurgood Marshall developed an interest in the Constitution and 
  the rule of law in his youth;

Whereas Thurgood Marshall graduated from Lincoln University in 
  Pennsylvania with honors in 1930, but was denied acceptance at the 
  all-white University of Maryland Law School because he was African-
  American;

Whereas Thurgood Marshall attended law school at Howard University, the 
  country's most prominent black university, and graduated first in his 
  class in 1933;

Whereas Thurgood Marshall served as the legal director of the National 
  Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1940 
  to 1961;

Whereas Thurgood Marshall argued 32 cases before the Supreme Court of 
  the United States, beginning with the case of Chambers v. Florida in 
  1940, and won 29 of them, earning more victories in the Supreme Court 
  than any other individual;

Whereas, as Chief Counsel of the NAACP, Thurgood Marshall fought to 
  abolish segregation in schools and challenged laws that discriminated 
  against African-Americans;

Whereas Thurgood Marshall argued Brown v. Board of Education before the 
  Supreme Court in 1954, which resulted in the famous decision 
  declaring racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, 
  overturning the 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson;

Whereas Thurgood Marshall was nominated to the United States Court of 
  Appeals for the Second Circuit by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, 
  and was confirmed by the United States Senate in spite of heavy 
  opposition from many Southern Senators;

Whereas Thurgood Marshall served on the United States Court of Appeals 
  for the Second Circuit from 1961 to 1965, during which time he wrote 
  112 opinions, none of which were overturned on appeal;

Whereas Thurgood Marshall was nominated as Solicitor General of the 
  United States by President Lyndon Johnson, and served as the first 
  African-American Solicitor General from 1965 to 1967;

Whereas Thurgood Marshall was nominated as an Associate Justice of the 
  Supreme Court by President Johnson in 1967, and served as the first 
  African-American member of the Supreme Court;

Whereas Thurgood Marshall sought to protect the rights of all Americans 
  during his 24 years as a justice on the Supreme Court;

Whereas Thurgood Marshall was honored with the Liberty Medal in 1992, 
  in recognition of his long history of protecting the rights of women, 
  children, prisoners, and the homeless; and

Whereas Thurgood Marshall died on January 24, 1993, at the age of 84: 
  Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
        (1) honors the dedication and achievements of Thurgood 
    Marshall;
        (2) recognizes the contributions of Thurgood Marshall to the 
    struggle for equal rights and justice in the United States; and
        (3) celebrates the lifetime achievements of Thurgood Marshall 
    on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Attest:

                                 Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Attest:

                                               Secretary of the Senate.
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