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Case Study: Thurgood Marshall

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Thurgood Marshall was instrumental in ending legal segregation and became the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court. Marshall started a Thurgood Marshall college fund helps students acquire a high-quality college education at an affordable cost, develops leaders of tomorrow and connects high performing students with top tier employment opportunities. The TMCF also provides a pipeline for HBCU to get access to top employers, scholarships, conferences, internships programs, and more. This session opened doors for many students and previously accepted many over the years from our own university, The University of Maryland Eastern Shore. This program helps students apply concepts to real world encounters. During this opportunity students,

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