Actor John Doyle at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum on Feb. 9, 2018. He performs a one-man show about the life of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Actor John Doyle at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum on Feb. 9, 2018. He performs a one-man show about the life of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. / On Second Thought

In many ways, the battle for school desegregation might not have been possible without the support of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to be a U.S. Supreme Court justice. This month, Atlanta middle schoolers witnessed Marshall’s life play out before their eyes. Actor John Doyle portrayed Marshall in a one-man show at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Museum and Library. On Second Thought interns Emmanuel Johnson and Reid Williams produced an audio postcard from the performance.


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