St. Thurgood.(Catholic Church plans for canonization of Thurgood Marshall )(Brief article)

From: The Christian Century | Date: March 21, 2006 | Copyright information

ST. THURGOOD: Although Anglicans don't have the same canonization process as the Roman Catholic Church, there is a movement among Episcopalians to make the late Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall a saint. Marshall, the first African American on the Supreme Court, argued Brown v. Bo...

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