What were some of Thurgood Marshalls strengths as an attorney that helped win the Brown case?
MR. GREENBERG: Thurgood Marshall was focused. He always believed in racial integration and wanted to strike down the segregation laws and practices within the United States. I would liken him to General George Marshall during the Second World War. He was the one who got all the troops together from all different areas, competencies, and abilities and melded them into a focused unit. We worked with law professors and practitioners, social psychologists, and historians. He was like the orchestra conductor who brought everyone together and focused them into a single melody. Question: The Plessy V. Ferguson case in 1896 resulted in the “separate but equal doctrine,” which said that segregation of blacks and whites was legal as long as the separate facilities were of equal quality. In the Brown case, Marshall made the argument for the first time that “separate,” by definition, could not be equal. Could you explain how Marshall and his legal team decided that it was time to make the challeng
