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Prior to his judicial service, where did Marshall primarily fight for civil rights?

  • ACLU

  • Harvard University

  • NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

  • Baltimore City Council

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Before becoming a judge, Thurgood Marshall fought for civil rights primarily at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. He was a lawyer for the organization from 1936 to 1961, and during that time he argued several landmark cases that helped to overturn segregation and discrimination.
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