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Quote by Thurgood Marshall
Sometimes history takes things into its own hands. - Thurgood Mars

Sometimes history takes things into its own hands. – Thurgood Marshall

Other quotes by Thurgood Marshall

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody – a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns – bent down and helped us pick up our boots. – Thurgood Marshall

Category:
Teacher Appreciation
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Thurgood Marshall
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The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down. – Thurgood Marshall

Category:
Black History
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Thurgood Marshall
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Other Quotes from
History
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Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most. – Norman Mailer

Category:
History

I am intrigued by inanimate objects. Theyre a piece of history, someones statement and ideas of life. – Mike Mills

Category:
History

The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well as for those who study in arts faculties. – Terry Eagleton

Category:
History

Theres always a part of your nations history that you havent been told that… has a powerful impact on how you yourself may behave and may believe. – Barbara Kingsolver

Category:
History

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There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. – Nelson Mandela

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When I was a kid going into the movies, you werent force-fed information everywhere you looked about what the movie was going to be. – J. J. Abrams

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My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom. – Angela Davis

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