Thurgood Marshall’s abandoned, run-down elementary school to undergo historic preservation

(Examiner) - Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court justice, attended a segregated elementary school at 1315 Division St. in Baltimore, but people would never know today.
The abandoned building’s historical significance is masked among the brick homes and boarded-up doorways that surround it.
But a commission announced Wednesday by Mayor Sheila Dixon, members of which include Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and schools chief Andres Alonso, is charged with finding the best way to preserve the run-down building and, with it, Marshall’s legacy. Continued

Photo: Left to right: George E.C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James M. Nabrit, congratulating each other, following Supreme Count decision declaring segregation unconstitutional. Library of Congress.