Film screening and conversation: 'Becoming Thurgood'

Join the SCAD Museum of Art’s Evans Center for African American Studies for a special screening of the film Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect. Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore’s Sandtown, where grit met genius. His story begins there, but it doesn’t end until justice is served. A proud HBCU grad, Marshall attended Lincoln University, where he paid his own tuition, and then Howard Law School. Attending these prestigious historically Black universities served as the foundation for his fight for equality — and his eventual success, winning 29 of the 32 civil rights cases he argued before the Supreme Court. His relentless persistence laid the groundwork for the dismantling of Jim Crow segregation. Becoming Thurgood explores the life and influence of the nation’s first African American Supreme Court Justice and the driving force behind the greatest legal battles of the civil rights movement.

Following the screening, the museum welcomes Cecilia Marshall (SCAD B.F.A., photography, 2002), granddaughter of Thurgood Marshall, and historian Felicia Bell, Ph.D. (SCAD M.A., historic preservation, 2002), in conversation on Marshall’s legacy and the historical impact of his work.

This event is free and open to the public. RSVP to Andreia Wardlaw at awardlaw@scad.edu.