Baltimore's airport named in honor of Thurgood Marshall

From: New York Amsterdam News | Date: May 25, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Hope, Clover
New York Amsterdam News
05-25-2005
In a move that paid tribute to an African American icon, Maryland Governor
Robert Ehrlich Jr. signed a bill to rename the Baltimore-Washington
International Airport for Thurgood Marshall, the first Black justice on the
U.S. Supreme Court.

Beginning October 1, the airport will be recognized as Baltimore-Washington
International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

During a ceremony in Annapolis attended by civil rights leaders and
supporters, Republican Governor Robert Ehrlich signed the bill while
standing beneath the Thurgood Marshall Memorial Statue and ...

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