Civil Rights for the Twenty-First Century: Lessons from Justice Thurgood Marshall\u27s Race-Transcending Jurisprudence

This Essay pays tribute to justice Thurgood Marshall\u27s race-transcending vision of universal human dignity, and explores the importance of building cross-racial alliances to modern civil rights advocacy. justice Marshall\u27s role as a Race Man is evident in much of his jurisprudence, where he fought for years to promote equal opportunity and equal justice. As an advocate for all marginalized people, justice Marshall viewed equal justice as transcending race, and this Essay suggests that the multi-racial coalition that supported President Obama aligns with Marshall\u27s vision. The Essay evaluates the civil rights movement through the lens of Justice Marshall\u27s equality analysis, and calls for a multiracial coalition that transcends identity boundaries