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Essay / What is the role of Thurgood Marshall in education - 2013
A lesser known fact is his trip to Africa and his participation in the negotiations for the independence of Kenya from British colonial rule. “Judge Marshall's profoundly influential role in crafting the Constitution's Bill of Rights for Kenya's independence was largely unknown until Mary Dudziak's Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall's Africa Journey” (Mutua, 1146). Meanwhile, the historic case he won would elevate his status on the world stage. While the United States claims that democracy and capitalism are superior to communist ideals, discrimination against its own African-American citizens would have negative ramifications. This would increase pressure on the United States and its European ally to correct its mistakes and failure in exporting democracy with tainted NEWS that shows its abuses and injustices against African Americans inside. their own borders. To which Thurgood Marshall would respond: “Whenever the State Department accused communist regimes of human rights violations,” Marshall said, they responded “with great ease: 'You're telling us about forced labor in Russia, what about the lynchings of blacks in Alabama? » Touchnet,