Thurgood Marshall was a civil rights lawyer battling the same injustices we still do today

After garnering eight NAACP Image Award nominations and a Grammy nomination for best song, Marshall, an independent film you may have missed earlier this year, is back in theaters this week. It tells the story of a little-known 1941 court case involving a black chauffeur, Joseph Spell (played by Sterling K. Brown), who is accused of raping his white wealthy employer, Eleanor Strubing (Kate Hudson). The NAACP assigns a young Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) to take the case.

Before he was a Supreme Court justice, Thurgood Marshall was a civil rights lawyer battling the same injustices we still do today