Thurgood Marshall blazed a path for civil rights - USATODAY.com

Thurgood Marshall blazed a path for civil rights - USATODAY.com: Justice Thurgood Marshall is without a doubt one of history's champions of civil rights, even though his role has often been eclipsed by the brilliant Martin Luther King Jr. Yet as we mark not only Black History Month but also the 75th anniversary of Marshall's time as an attorney for the NAACP, a new book —Marshalling Justice: The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall — allows us to see more clearly the trail this legendary litigator blazed for civil rights.