Thurgood Marshall discusses school integration

This month marks the 60th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education. The landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawed “separate but equal” in public schools. Thurgood Marshall, who would later be appointed to the high court, argued the case. Two years after the ruling, in 1956, Marshall visited the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to talk about his work to end segregation and the challenges ahead. Marshall said despite efforts by detractors of integration, black and white students were meant to go to school under one roof.
 
That was Thurgood Marshall speaking at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1956. A little more than a decade later, he was appointed to the U-S Supreme Court, becoming the first African American on the bench. His remarks were made available by Illinois Public Radio station, WILL in Urbana.