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Thurgood

Now, here was a great human being saying shape up or ship out. Well, I was not going to...

Thurgood Marshall:

Now, here was a great human being saying shape up or ship out. Well, I was not going to ship out

Full Transcript

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And now here was a great human being
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saying Shape up or ship out
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Well I was not going to ship out
Duration
17 seconds
Views
201
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:17
Uploaded
Nov 25, 2022
Genres
drama
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Prior to his appointment to United States Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall worked as a lawyer for the NAACP. This one man play tells the story of his role in the civil rights movement and the people that influenced him.

Actors

Laurence Fishburne
Thurgood Marshall
Laurence Fishburne
You remember General Douglas MacArthur - Thurgood 00:14
You remember General Douglas MacArthur
Oh I was on the first train down to Washington - Thurgood 00:10
Oh I was on the first train down to Washington
See I thought it was President Eisenhower's duty - Thurgood 00:36
See I thought it was President Eisenhower's duty
Martin Luther King great leader - Thurgood 00:41
Martin Luther King great leader
That she was well enough to you know come down here to Washington - Thurgood 00:06
That she was well enough to you know come down here to...
And see a black man standing there - Thurgood 00:14
And see a black man standing there
'He is the Solicitor General of the United States ' - Thurgood 00:38
'He is the Solicitor General of the United States...
Now in the spring of 1970 I came down with a - Thurgood 00:51
Now in the spring of 1970 I came down with a