TASK DEFINITION: You will be given a trivia clue, and the category it belongs to. You should answer with the best answer that belongs in the category and is described by the clue. For simplicity, answers should be in all lower cased letters.
PROBLEM: Category: "R"ITERS 
Clue: This author of the hitchhiking novel "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" once hitchhiked across the U.S.

SOLUTION: tom robbins

PROBLEM: Category: THE NAACP 
Clue: This future Supreme Court justice won 29 of the 32 cases he argued before the court as a lawyer for the NAACP

SOLUTION: thurgood marshall

PROBLEM: Category: AMERICA AT WAR 
Clue: The 50th anniv. of this Asian conflict often called "The Forgotten War" was observed nationally July 27, 2000

SOLUTION:
the korean war