Thurgood Marshall

Raymond L. Johnson Sr. dies at 89; lawyer, civil rights activist

2012-01-09 00:00:00

Raymond L. Johnson Sr., an attorney, civil rights activist and former Tuskegee Airman, died Dec. 31 in Los Angeles of complications of pneumonia and heart failure, said his wife, Evelyn. He was 89. Johnson, who practiced law for nearly 50 years, was a...

Robert L. Carter dies at 94; NAACP attorney fought segregation

2012-01-06 11:04:00

Robert L. Carter, who as an NAACP civil rights attorney was an architect of the legal strategy used in the cases that led to Brown vs. Board of Education, the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision that declared school segregation unconstitutional, has...

SAG Awards: TV nominations are announced

2011-12-14 16:36:13

'The Good Wife' recap: Welcome back to the dark side

2012-04-23 16:37:51

Sarah Morrison and Andy Lepe

2011-06-12 00:00:00

For Sarah Morrison and Andy Lepe, the question isn’t how did they find each other — it’s what took them so long?� The perfectly matched pair were born the same year in the same hospital, went to the same preschool and intermediate...

Emmys: 'Pee-wee Herman,' Laurence Fishburne in 'Thurgood' among nominees

2011-07-14 16:33:08

Tim Rutten: 'Geronimo' Pratt and Johnnie Cochran

2011-06-04 00:00:00

Los Angeles is a city that lives in the present and looks to the future. Time passes here in a blur, and there's usually little appetite for weaving together the strands of memory into the stories we call history — and few hungry to hear them when...

TV THIS WEEK: Feb. 20 - 26

2011-02-18 16:38:08

It Speaks to Me: Kristen Morgin on Thurgood Marshall wax figure at Oran Z’s Pan African Black Facts & Wax Museum

2011-02-23 16:33:01

Wednesday's Highlights: 'Great Performances' on KOCE

2011-03-01 21:36:03

'Thurgood,' starring Laurence Fishburne, coming to HBO in February

2011-01-07 16:32:57

Students walk out of UC San Diego teach-in

2010-02-25 00:00:00

A student walkout Wednesday disrupted a UC San Diego teach-in that was intended to promote tolerance in the wake of two recent racially charged incidents. Many of those involved said the protest showed how difficult it will be for the beachside campus...

was without a hoodie during a rally on Lawyers Mall to protest racial profiling and to support the call for justice in the Martin case.

2012-03-26 00:00:00

At Thomas A. Dixon Observation Area on Dorsey Road, Elaine Hairsine from Hanover holds onto her granddaughter Mackenzie Malcolm, 2 from Glen Burnie as she stands on the fence to watch the planes go by on their way to Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

2012-02-22 00:00:00

Robert L. Carter was a civil rights lawyer who created the strategy used in cases that led to Brown vs. Board of Education, which ruled that school desegregation was unconstitutional. He was 94.

2012-01-26 09:42:25