To the tune of
“Yankee Doodle”
By Tammy Herbein
(Summer 1997)
Thurgood Marshall was a man
of great determination.
He rose above black stereotypes
to fight segregation.
Marshall had a tendency
for getting in hot water.
At age 14 he went to jail
for beliefs that wouldn’t falter
Chorus:
Thurgood Marshall didn’t give up.
Marshall kept on fighting.
Marshall used his love of law
and gift of speech to right things.
He went to school to study law
in 1934.
The NAACP hired him
to fight for them in court.
A landmark case that brought an end
to school-wide segregation
was won by Masrhall and known to all
as Brown v. Board of Education.
Chorus:
Thurgood Marshall didn’t give up.
Marshall kept on fighting.
Marshall used his love of law
and gift of speech to right things.
As he became more popular
fighting for the people
JFK asked him to serve
on a U.S. Court of Appeals.
Four years later Marshall took
a federal position.
He became Solicitor General
under President Johnson.
Chorus:
Thurgood Marshall didn’t give up.
Marshall kept on fighting.
Marshall used his love of law
and gift of speech to right things.
Finally the day arrived
and Marshall was entrusted
to be the first black man to serve
as a Supreme Court Justice.
Chorus:
Thurgood Marshall didn’t give up.
Marshall kept on fighting.
Marshall used his love of law
and gift of speech to right things.
