美国名人最高法院大法官瑟古德·马歇尔.docx

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1、美国名人最高法院大法官瑟古德马歇尔ThurgoodMarshall,1908-1993:FirstAfricanAmericantoServeontheUSSupremeCourtplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-15:32repeatByPaulThompson2008-7-26VOICEONE:ThisisGwenOuten.VOICETWO:AndthisisDougJohnsonwithPeopleinAmericainVOASpecialEnglish.Everyweekwetellaboutapersonwhowasimportantinthehistoryof

2、theUnitedStates.TdaywetellaboutamanwhohelpedchangetheracialseparationlawsofAmerica,ThurgoodMarshall.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:ThurgoodMarshallwasbornafreeman.Butthefatherofhisgrandfatherwasaslave.HehadlivedinwhatwastheCongoareaofAfrica.AmanfromtheeasternAmericancityofBaltimore,Maryland,broughthimtotheUnitedSt

3、ates.Helatersethimfree.ThurgoodMarshallThurgoodMarshallwasborninBaltimoreonJulysecond,nineteen-oh-eight.Inthatcity,andinmanyotherpartsoftheUnitedStatesatthattime,blackpeoplewereseparatedfromwhitepeoplebylaw.Blackchildrendidnotgotoschoolwithwhitechildren.Blackpeoplelivedonlyinareaswhereotherblacksliv

4、ed.VOICETWO:Overtheyears,ThurgoodMarshallbecameaverygoodstoryteller.Hetoldstoriesabouthimsetoraboutplaceshehadvisited.Often,thestorieswerefunny.Butmostalsohadaseriousmessage.OnestorywasaboutbeingintroublewithhisteacherswhenhewasaboyinBaltimore.MisterMarshallsaidoneofhisteacherspunishedhimbysendinghi

5、mtotheroomwheretheschoolsheatingequipmentwaskept.TherehewastoldtoreadandrememberthewordsoftheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates.TheConstitutionisalongdocument.ThurgoodMarshallsaidhereadallofit-morethanonceandlearnedtoremembermostofit.Hesaidthisschoolboypunishmentgavehimalife-longrespectfortheConstitution

6、.Ashegrewolder,hebegantothinkabouttheConstitutionsguaranteesoffreedom.Thoseguarantees,hebelieved,shouldbeforpeopleofallraces,notjustforwhitepeople.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:ThurgoodMarshallattendedLincolnUniversityinthestateofPennsylvania.Hecompletedhisstudies,withhonors,innineteenthirty.Hewantedtogotolawscho

7、olattheUniversityofMaryland.Butofficialsatthatschoolrefusedtolethimattendbecausehewasblack.SohewenttolawschoolatHowardUniversityinWashingtonD.C.HowardUniversitywasaschoolforAfricanAmericans.ThurgoodMarshallgraduatedfirstinhisclass.Aftercompletinghislawstudies,heacceptedthecaseofayoungblackmanwhowant

8、edtobecomealawyer;too.TheyoungmanwantedtoattendtheUniversityofMarylandlawschool.ItwasthesameschoolthathadrefusedtoadmitThurgoodMarshall.Again,theschoolrefusedtoletablackmanbecomeastudent.So,MisterMarshalltooklegalaction.Hewonthecase.Theyoungblackmanwaspermittedtoattendtheuniversityslawschool.Thurgoo

9、dMarshallwouldgoontowinmanymorecasesdealingwithracialseparationlaws.AndyearslatetheUniversityofMarylandwouldnameitslawlibraryinhishonor.VOICETWO:ThurgoodMarshallwasaverygoodlawyer.Thepeopleherepresentedincourtwereblackandpoor.Heneverearnedmuchmoney.Buthisnamesoonbecamewellknown.TheNationalAssociatio

10、nfortheAdvancementofColoredPeopleofferedhimajob.Hewenttoworkasoneofitslegalrepresentatives.Intime,hebecametheorganizationschieflegalrepresentative.HetraveledacrosstheUnitedStates.Hefoughtagainstracialseparationlaws.Healsodefendedblackpeoplewhowerechargedwithacrime,butwhodidnothavethemoneytopayforleg

11、alhelp.ManyofthosecasesreachedAmericashighestcourt,theSupremeCourtoftheUnitedStates.Duringhislifeasalawyer,ThurgoodMarshallarguedcasesbeforetheSupremeCourtmorethanthirtytimes.Helostonlyafewcases.Slowly,thelawsofracialseparationinAmericabegantochange.ManyofthosechangesweretheresultoftheworkofThurgood

12、Marshall.VOICEONE:1.egalexpertssaythatThurgoodMarshallsmostimportantcasewastheoneknownasBrownversusBoardofEducation.ThecaseinvolvedthecityofTopekainthemiddlewesternstateofKansas.Alawtheresaidthathavingseparateschoolsforblackstudentsandwhitestudentswaslegal,iftheschoolswerethesame.Itwastheideaofsepar

13、atebutequal.Buttheschoolswerenotequal.Whitechildrenreceivedabettereducationthanblackchildren.ThurgoodMarshallagreedtoarguethecasebeforetheSupremeCourt.Whennewspapersreportedthis,hebegangettingmessagesthreateninghimwithdeath.Othercivilrightslawyerssaidhewasmovingtooquickly.TheysaidadefeatintheBrownca

14、sewouldgreatlydamagethecauseofcivilrights.Theytoldhimtowait,tomovemorecarefullyandslowly.VOICETWO:ThurgoodMarshalldidnotlistentothethreatsagainsthislife.Andhedidnotlistentothosewhosaidheshouldmovemoreslowly.TheSupremeCourtheardthecaseinnineteenfifty-four.MisterMarshallsaiditwasaviolationoftheConstit

15、utiontoseparatepeoplebecauseoftheirrace.So,heargued,theraciallyseparatedschoolsinTopeka,Kansas,wereillegal.Headdedthatnothingcouldbeequalinraciallyseparatedschools.OneSupremeCourtjusticeaskedhimtoexplainwhathemeantbythewordequal.Heanswered:Equalmeansgettingthesamething,atthesametime,andinthesameplac

16、e.TheSupremeCourtagreed.ItruledthatnoonecouldberejectedfromaschoolinTopekabecauseofrace.VOICEONE:ThecaseofBrownversusBoardofEducationprovidedthebasisforothercourtdecisions.IthelpeddestroytheterriblewalloflegalracialseparationthroughouttheUnitedStates.SomepeoplesayitisthemostimportantSupremeCourtdecisionofthetwentiethcentury.Thatdecisionwasthebeginningofyearsoflegalbattlesagainstracialsepara

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