Thurgood Marshall’s Legacy Takes Center Stage in Washington: WASHINGTON – He called her Shorty. She called him the most important lawyer of the 20th century.Now, in a case of uncanny timing, the story of former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall is taking center stage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts just as the Senate prepares to take up the nomination of his one-time clerk, Elena Kagan, to join the high court.
Marshall, the first Black justice on the court, is brought to life by actor Laurence Fishburne in the one-man play 'Thurgood.' The production opened on Broadway in 2008 and earned Fishburne a Tony Award nomination.
