Which prominent figure mentored Marshall at Howard University?
Charles Hamilton Houston
Barack Obama
a number of different mentors
Nelson Mandela
Answer
Charles Hamilton Houston was a prominent figure who mentored Marshall at Howard University. Houston was a lawyer and civil rights activist who helped to desegregate the American legal system. He was a mentor to many other civil rights activists, including Thurgood Marshall. Houston taught Marshall the importance of using the law to fight for social justice. Marshall went on to become the first African-American justice on the Supreme Court.
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