{"id":80984,"date":"2017-10-02T11:17:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T11:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2017\/10\/02\/october-2-2017-declared-thurgood-marshall-day\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:21:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:21:45","slug":"october-2-2017-declared-thurgood-marshall-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/october-2-2017-declared-thurgood-marshall-day\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2, 2017 Declared Thurgood Marshall Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>October 2, 2017 Declared Thurgood Marshall Day <\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>October 2, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Thurgood-Marshall-Supreme-Court.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-103015\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 233 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Thurgood-Marshall-Supreme-Court-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Communities around the U.S. are proclaiming October 2, 2017, \u201cThurgood Marshall Day\u201d in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the day Marshall was sworn in as the nation\u2019s first African-American Supreme Court justice on October 2, 1967.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. states, cities and counties nationwide including Atlanta; Austin; Baltimore; Broward County, Florida; Beverly Hills, California; Dallas; Detroit; Kansas City, Missouri; Miami-Dade County; Oakland, California; Palm Beach County, Florida; Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. have already confirmed their participation. Buffalo, New York and Erie County, New York issued a joint proclamation.<\/p>\n<p>Congressional leaders including Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Karen Bass, Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragan, Rep. Donald Payne, Jr., Rep. Alcee Hastings and State Senator Bobby Powell have also contributed their support by issuing congressional proclamations to help illuminate Marshall\u2019s legacy on the historically significant day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Thurgood-Marshall-Supreme-Court-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-103016\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 208'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Thurgood-Marshall-Supreme-Court-2-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a>Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes who introduced the bill declaring October 2 \u201cThurgood Marshall Day,\u201d which passed the state legislature unanimously, said,<strong> \u201cPennsylvania is proud to be taking part in honoring Thurgood Marshall with a statewide designated day.\u00a0 His spirit is very much alive in the many civil rights struggles still unfolding in our nation\u2019s courtrooms today, and now more than ever we need to honor and learn from his legacy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tom Ortenberg, Open Road\u2019s CEO, added <strong>\u201cThurgood Marshall was a brilliant legal mind, and arguably the most instrumental figure of the civil rights movement in terms of concrete strides towards equality within the justice system. We are proud of the way this film portrays him, and thrilled that cities and states everywhere are recognizing this important anniversary with us.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Reginald-Hudlin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-25776\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 200 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Reginald-Hudlin-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThugood Marshall is one of America&#8217;s greatest heroes, and I am overjoyed that this film has inspired coast to coast celebrations of his achievements,\u201d<\/strong> said Director Reginald Hudlin.\u00a0 <strong>\u201cIt&#8217;s more important than ever to remember a man who, more than anyone, brought the promise of the Constitution into reality.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nOther cities and states are being encouraged to join in and designate October 2 a day of celebration and education in their own communities.\u00a0 \u201cWe call on elected and appointed officials in every city in America to join this initiative and declare \u2018Thurgood Marshall Day\u2019 in their communities,\u201d says Jackie Bazan of BazanED, the initiative\u2019s organizer on behalf of Open Road Films. \u201cJustice Marshall dramatically changed America in ways that continue to impact our everyday lives. This initiative is an attempt to make people \u2014 especially young people \u2014 aware of the significance of his work and ensure his legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/BazanEd-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-103017\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 83'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/BazanEd-logo-300x83.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As part of an extensive education outreach campaign to heighten awareness of Thurgood Marshall in classrooms and homeschools across the country, <strong>BazanED<\/strong>, a leader in motion picture education, is working with officials ranging from city council members to congressional representatives and mayors to organize the initiative.\u00a0 The project is accompanied by a national education program including pre-release screenings of Open Road Films\u2019 Marshall, a major motion picture that chronicles a pivotal case in Marshall\u2019s early law career. In partnership with African American Universities, museums and cultural centers, Open Road Films will provide free pre-release screenings for 11th and 12th graders in seventeen (17) U.S. cities to take place on\u00a0October 2. Select screenings will be followed by a moderated post-screening discussion with historians, judges, attorneys and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Open-Road-Films-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-103018\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 169'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Open-Road-Films-logo-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Open Road Films is also providing bus transportation to all participating schools in need.\u00a0 The student outreach program is accompanied by educational curricula developed by BazanED and available to the education community at BazanED.com. The company has also developed curricula for lower-grade students to encourage school districts across the country to honor Marshall by teaching about his life, times and accomplishments on October 2nd.<\/p>\n<p>From his early career as counsel to the NAACP, to his service as U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and his historical appointments as the first black U.S. Solicitor General and later Supreme Court justice, Marshall argued and decided cases that dismantled institutionalized racism in myriad forms, and shaped the trajectory of the American Civil Rights movement.\u00a0 As a lawyer, he was instrumental in arguing the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, a case that not only cemented his reputation as a preeminent attorney, but became the legal foundation for essential anti-discrimination work for decades to come.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Marshall-poster-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-103019\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 203 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Marshall-poster-3-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Open Road Films will release Marshall on October 13, 2017 nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>About Marshall<br \/>\nStarring Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Dan Stevens, Sterling K. Brown, and James Cromwell.\u00a0Director\u00a0Reginald Hudlin\u2019s Marshall, is based on an early trial in the career of Supreme Court Justice\u00a0Thurgood Marshall.\u00a0 It follows\u00a0the young lawyer (Chadwick Boseman) to conservative\u00a0Connecticut to defend a black chauffeur (Sterling K. Brown) charged with sexual assault and attempted murder of his white socialite employer (Kate Hudson). Muzzled by a segregationist court,\u00a0Marshall partners with a courageous young Jewish lawyer, Samuel\u00a0Friedman (Josh Gad). Together they mount the defense in an environment of racism and Anti-Semitism.\u00a0 The high profile case and the partnership with Friedman served as a template for Marshall\u2019s creation of the NAACP legal defense fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 2, 2017 Declared Thurgood Marshall Day Posted by Wilson Morales October 2, 2017 Communities around the U.S. are proclaiming October 2, 2017, \u201cThurgood Marshall Day\u201d in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the day Marshall was sworn in as the nation\u2019s first African-American Supreme Court justice on October 2, 1967. 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