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Thurgood Marshall Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Mendez, Antonio Tobias, sculptor. Title:  Thurgood Marshall Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1996. Dedicated Oct. 22, 1996. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: limestone and slate Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft. Description:  A portrait of Thurgood Marshall as a young lawyer is installed on a cylindrical base in a circular plaza. Behind him are six columns with the phrase "Equal Justice Under Law" inscribed across the architrave. Seated on one of two benches in front of Marshall is a figure of Donald Gaines Murray, whose entrance into the University of Maryland's Law School marked Thurgood Marshall's first important victory in his struggle for school integration. Seated on the other bench are figures of two children representing the children involved in "Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka," another major achievement in school integration. Within the plaza surrounding the sculpture is a chronology of the important events in Thurgood Marshall's career. Subject:  Portrait male -- Marshall, Thurgood -- Full length Occupation -- Law -- Supreme Court Justice Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Ethnic -- African American Portrait male -- Murray, Donald Gaines -- Full length Occupation -- Education -- Student Children Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Annapolis Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Maryland, Maryland State Archives, Maryland Commission on Artistic Property, 350 Rowe Boulevard, Annapolis, Maryland 21401 Located Maryland State House, Annapolis, Maryland Remarks:  In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Following his death in 1993, Maryland decided to honor Marshall with a memorial at the State House in Annapolis. References:  Inventory staff, 2000. SOS Assessment Award, 1998. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 71500360   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 71500360 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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