Who was the NAACP lawyer who argued Brown v. Board of Education before later becoming a Supreme Court justice?
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Correct answer: Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall argued the Brown case as a lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. He later became the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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