Thurgood Marshall is known for being the very first Black-American Court Justice, appointed in the year 1967 by President John F. Kennedy. He was a pacesetter, a person who blazed the trail that other excellent judges of color followed. However, behind the very successful black Associate Justice was once a boy who struggled growing up in the wake of the emancipation of slaves. He struggled as a descendant of a once enslaved person. Born in 1908 to William C. Marshall, a Railroad porter, and Norman A. Williams, a teacher, Thoroughgood (later shortened to Thurgood) grew a liking to the law and constitution of the United States after his father took him and his brother to attend various court cases being argued in court. This was how Thurgood learned the dynamics of great arguments and how to win his audience over. His father, William, would encourage arguments on different current affairs during dinner, almost every night, and it sharpened Thurgood's instincts. With his sharpened instincts, he attended Lincoln University with the goal of becoming a lawyer - and even though his academic prowess didn't seem like he was going to excel as an excellent lawyer, his ideas, and potentials in the debate team of the school told otherwise. He was the star of the debating team.His political instincts began to awaken after he was initiated as a member of the first black fraternity due to his participation in a sit-in protest against segregation at a local art theatre. Thurgood later attended Howard University School of Law, and despite the apparent struggles with school fees, he was able to graduate as the best student in his class with a Magna Cum Laude. Thurgood Marshall's life and legacy boldly states that there are no limits to what blacks can achieve - even amidst an old society that was so adverse towards the black skin. Thurgood thrived, even in adversity.