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Topic: Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall leaves Federal Court in Birmingham, Alabama, on February 29, 1956. (Library of Congress)

Tearing down the house Thurgood built

Melanie McFarland
Thurgood Marshall and Sam Alito (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Privacy, secrecy and the Supreme Court

Lucian K. Truscott IV
American jurist, lawyer, associate justice Thurgood Marshall (1908 - 1993), who had been recently appointed Solicitor General by President Lyndon Johnson, sits behind his desk in his office at the Federal Courthouse, Washington, DC. He later became the first black Supreme Court Justice. (Sam Falk/New York Times Co./Getty Images)

KBJ hearing: Echoes of the past

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Chadwick Boseman at the 91st Academy Awards (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

What Chadwick Boseman means to us

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks during a visit to Stanford University, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, in Stanford, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) (AP)

RBG misses hearings for first since 1993

Shira Tarlo, Rachel Leah
Ruth Bader Ginsburg mid workout in "RBG" (Magnolia Pictures)

RBG undergoes surgery for lung cancer

Shira Tarlo, Rachel Leah
Roy Wood Jr. on "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" (Comedy Central/Jason Kempin)

Fighting Fox News, one movie at a time

Rachel Leah