Photo Credits

The Thurgood Marshall Foundation is deeply grateful to the photographers and families whose images bring depth and humanity to our storytelling. Each contribution helps advance our mission to protect and illuminate the life and legacy of Justice Thurgood Marshall.

We invite additional photo submissions from community members, historians, and families. To share materials for consideration, please contact us at info@thurgoodmarshall.org

Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Made possible by the Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution.
Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Made possible by the Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution.
Thurgood Marshall and Cecilia S. Marshall at Senate Confirmation Hearing, 1967

Thurgood Marshall and Cecilia S. Marshall at Senate Confirmation Hearing, 1967

Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Made possible by the Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution.
Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Made possible by the Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution.
Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Made possible by the Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution.
Thurgood Marshall and Cecilia S. Marshall Swearing In Ceremony

Thurgood Marshall and Cecilia S. Marshall Swearing In Ceremony

Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Made possible by the Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution.
Thurgood Marshall and Cecilia S. Marshall with son Thurgood Marshall Jr.

Thurgood Marshall and Cecilia S. Marshall with son Thurgood Marshall Jr.

Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Made possible by the Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution.
Thurgood Marshall with son Thurgood Marshall Jr.

Thurgood Marshall with son Thurgood Marshall Jr.

Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Made possible by the Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution.
Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Made possible by the Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution.
Thurgood Marshall and Cecilia S. Marshall on Honeymoon

Thurgood Marshall and Cecilia S. Marshall on Honeymoon

Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Made possible by the Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution.
Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Made possible by the Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution.
Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Made possible by the Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution.
Thurgood Marshall and Cecilia S. Marshall Wedding Day, 1955

Thurgood Marshall and Cecilia S. Marshall Wedding Day, 1955

Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Made possible by the Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution.
Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Made possible by the Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution.
Thurgood Marshall Portrait

Thurgood Marshall Portrait

© Yousuf Karsh
Thurgood Marshall and Cecilia S. Marshall on Honeymoon at Virgin Isle Hotel

Thurgood Marshall and Cecilia S. Marshall on Honeymoon at Virgin Isle Hotel

Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Made possible by the Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution.
Thurgood Marshall at Claflin University

Thurgood Marshall at Claflin University

Photo Credit: Cecil Williams, South Carolina Civil Rights Museum