“Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.”
~Justice Thurgood Marshall, born this day in 1908
#ThurgoodMarshall #SCOTUS #equality #303Creative #Quote

“Ensure we think of ourselves as people that deserve the dignity of having our cultural artifacts respected, as things that should be sacred.” Justin Hansford, #HowardUniversity #ThurgoodMarshall #CivilRights Center, on his work advancing #AfricanAmerican cultural heritage at today’s #UnitedNations Global Engagement Summit
#USAforUN #BLM #BlackMastodon

Congress acts to remove bust of Dred Scott decision author

And replace it with a bust of the late, civil rights attorney and Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-us-supreme-court-thurgood-marshall-government-and-politics-d3aa19f38504a9af09cadfbb54f7228e
#BlackHistoryMonth #ThurgoodMarshall #DredScottdecision
#Racerules

Congress acts to remove bust of Dred Scott decision author

And replace it with a bust of the late, civil rights attorney and Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-us-supreme-court-thurgood-marshall-government-and-politics-d3aa19f38504a9af09cadfbb54f7228e
#BlackHistoryMonth #ThurgoodMarshall #DredScottdecision
#Racerules

Replacing Taney’s bust with that of #ThurgoodMarshall is a vast improvement that’s long overdue…https://apnews.com/article/biden-us-supreme-court-thurgood-marshall-government-and-politics-d3aa19f38504a9af09cadfbb54f7228e

Some notes on #VictorRay’s #OnCriticalRaceTheory, cc:ing @sociology (18/...)

Let’s pause for a word from #ThurgoodMarshall on the #constitutionality of race-aware policies:

“During most of the past 200 years, the #Constitution, as interpreted by this #Court, did not prohibit the most ingenious and pervasive forms of discrimination against the Negro. Now, when a state acts to remedy the effects of that legacy of discrimination, I cannot believe that the same Constitution stands as a barrier”

Some notes on #VictorRay’s #OnCriticalRaceTheory, cc:ing @sociology (18/...)

Let’s pause for a word from #ThurgoodMarshall on the #constitutionality of race-aware policies:

“During most of the past 200 years, the #Constitution, as interpreted by this #Court, did not prohibit the most ingenious and pervasive forms of discrimination against the Negro. Now, when a state acts to remedy the effects of that legacy of discrimination, I cannot believe that the same Constitution stands as a barrier”

“It must be remembered that, during most of the past 200 years, the #Constitution as interpreted by this [#SupremeCourt] did not prohibit the most ingenious and pervasive forms of discrimination against the Negro. Now, when a state acts to remedy the effects of that legacy of #discrimination, I cannot believe that this same Constitution stands as a barrier.” —#ThurgoodMarshall https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/us/supreme-court-affirmative-action-brown-board-education.html #education