Mar ‧ shall, Thur ‧ good /ˈmɑːʃ ə l $ ˈmɑːr-, ˈθɜːɡʊdǁ-ɜːr-/ BrE AmE
(1908–93) a US lawyer who became the first black member of the Supreme Court in 1967. When he was a lawyer he won many important legal cases to help black US citizens get equal rights, such as the case of ↑ Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka .