1. Marshall Thurgood
... high schools. Marshall won most of the cases he argued before the Supreme Court. Some of the important cases he argued, which became landmarks in getting rid of segregation, include: Smith v. Allwright (1944), establishing the rights of African-Americans to vote in Democratic primary elections; Morgan v. Virginia (1946), outlawing the state's segregation policy as applied to interstate bus transportation; and Shelley ... movement in the 1950's and 1960's. During the 1950's, Marshall won other cases that lead to the desegregation of swimming pools, athletic facilities, local bus systems,...
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