In which city was Thurgood Marshall born?
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Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 2, 1908. He was the son of a janitor and a schoolteacher, and he grew up in a poor neighborhood. Marshall attended the University of Maryland Law School, but was denied admission to the Maryland bar because of his race.
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