Past Recipients
The Thurgood Marshall Award was established in 1992 to further the goals of achieving the American ideals of justice, freedom, and equality. Read on to find out who the Section has honored in past years.
Children's Defense Fund Marian Wright Edelman Honored at the 2020 Annual Meeting
2020 Thurgood Marshall Award
On July 31, the Section honored longtime activist Marian Wright Edelman, one of our nation's foremost civil rights champions and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Founder and President Emerita of the Children's Defense Fund, the country's strongest voice for children and families, Mrs. Edelman was the first African-American woman to be admitted to the Mississippi Bar while courageously directing the NAACP LDF's Jackson, Mississippi office at the height of the battle for civil rights in the deep South, and subsequently serving as Counsel to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign.
About - the RecipientThank you to our 2020 Sponsors
The Section deeply thanks our 2020 sponsors for your tremendous support of the Section and the honoree.
Congressman John Lewis Receives Thurgood Marshall Award
During the 2019 ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Congressman John Lewis received the Section's annual Thurgood Marshall Award. The first non-lawyer to receive the award, which honors those who contribute to the advancement of civil rights, civil liberties and human rights, the U.S. representative from Georgia’s 5th congressional district said he had been arrested 40 times during the 1960s, plus another five times as a member of Congress.
About - the RecipientRecognizing our Past Sponsors
Huge thanks to the 2019 Thurgood Marshall Award Dinner sponsors for your tremendous support of the Section and the honoree.
