Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 December 2002 — Page 4

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Thurgood Marshall, a famed civil rights lawyer and the first African American to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, will receive one of the nation's highest honors when the U.S. Postal Service issues a new commemorative postagehtamp featuring his like-

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The Thurgood Marshall com-

memorative stamp is the 26th stamp in the Black Heritage se-

ries, which began in 1978. The first day of issue ceremony

for the Thurgood Marshall stamp will take place on Jah. 7,2003, at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One Colum-

bus Circle p. Sales of the stamp vilian honor - on Nov. 30,199* will take places the event start- are Marshalls wife, Cecilia Marshall joins 25 other honoring at 9:30 a.m. and at Washing- Marehallj Ralph K. Winter,judge ees in the Postal Service’s Black ton post offices the same day. The for the Second Circuit, U.S.Court HeriUge series> which salutes stamps will be available at post of AppeaU, wd Marshal s first outstanding African-American offices across the country begin- law clerk; William T. Coleman, activists, theorists, educators and 8 - , w* 01 )?TL *1 741*' leaders. Some other notable The Postal Service is proud to Marshall in the landmark Brown Americans in the series include: honor Thurgood Marshall’s life ys. Board of Education case; Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther and historic accomplishments as Uomdas Ralph Mec^n, direc- Ki j R wilkins and part of this 26 th edition to the Mr, Administrative Office of the Lanlton Htuthes who was

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and his legal team prevailed in the landmark Supreme Court case, “Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas,* that struck down segregation in pub-

lic schools.

Marshall made history again in 1967, when he was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court l His 24-year tenure was marked * by his commitment to defending constitutional rights and affirmative action and by his strong opposition to the death penalty. On Jan.24,1993, Marshall died in Bethesda,Md.,attheageof84. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom — our country’s highest ci-

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the Supreme Court of theitoited opened a private practice in Bal- ^ servict continues * v States from October1967through timore. In 1938 Marshall ^ pro- commitment to honoring the June 1991* was a worthy and well- moted to chief counsel for the historical achievements and con- • liked colleague, said Chief Jus- National Association for tiie Ad- tributions of African Americans tice of the United States William yancement of Colored People thfough the popular and educaH. Rehnquist. (NAACP)legiU office ^yimportantiLk Heritage "Honoring lys meqjory ‘with Marshall is one of the best 4^ the issuance of a commemorative known lawyers in the history of To see ^ Thdreood Marshall stampi^fittingtributetoaman civil rights in America. He be- stamp( ^ ^ p ostal ^rAcf: who left an indelible marAipon came the firet director-counsel of Website atwwwiusDs.com. select the law o.f his country, said ffie NMCP Ugal Defense an^^^ and Ev#nts> . click on Rehnqpist , , . Education Fund Inc. (LDF) in -philatelic News,* theniocate the In addition to-Rehnquist, also 1940 and remained in that posi- y vgr-ion 0 f this news reI joining Pottefafthe historic event tionforllyeara.Inl954M<ush«ll V “" 0n 01 th “ ^

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