[1]Letitia James for New York[2]Letitia James for New York





72 years ago today, the Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were
unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education.

In a country still scarred by the cruelty of Jim Crow, every justice
agreed that separate could never be equal. That the Constitution's promise
of equal protection under the law meant something. That Black children
deserved to learn in the same classrooms as everyone else.

It didn’t happen overnight. It took years of sustained organizing and
sacrifice. It took parents who fought for their children’s dignity,
students who bore the weight of history on their shoulders, and lawyers
who used the law to tear down walls instead of building them.

Thurgood Marshall was one of those lawyers.

I discovered Thurgood Marshall as a young girl in a Brooklyn library. It
was between the pages of those books that I understood what justice could
be — and decided I would spend my life pursuing it.

As we remember the legacy of Brown v. Board today and look ahead to all we
still have left to fight for, I’m reminded of that commitment.

The law is my guiding light. It’s because of the freedom fighters who
came before me that I have the tenacity to keep going, no matter how
powerful the forces are that stand in our way.

I will never back down. I will continue to use the law as a weapon and a
shield for every person who needs someone in their corner.

[ [link removed] ]If you’re able, will you pitch in $3 — or whatever is
meaningful to you — to help me keep standing up for the promise that
justice belongs to everyone?



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Thank you,

Tish




 




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