Unit 5 Test

Question 18 • 11011de2 CONNECTED Fall 2026 NM-US History and Geography S2

Which of the following best summarizes the career of Thurgood Marshall?

Answer

Marshall was a minister who, along with the NAACP, filed a lawsuit to allow his daughter to attend an all-white elementary school.

Marshall played baseball in the Negro American League, attended UCLA, and became the first African American to play Major League Baseball.

After founding the NAACP, Marshall was appointed the first African American Supreme Court justice.

After working for the NAACP and winning twenty-nine court cases, Marshall was appointed to the Supreme Court.

Explanation

Thurgood Marshall was a lawyer for the NAACP and argued many cases challenging racial segregation, including the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case. He later became the first African American U.S. Supreme Court justice. Choice D best summarizes his career; he did not found the NAACP, as choice C claims.

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