Rockland lawmakers honor Thurgood Marshall
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- May
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Legislation has passed both state chambers to declare Friday as Thurgood Marshall Day in the state.
The measure was sponsored by State Sen. Thomas Morahan, R-New City, and Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee, D-Suffern, to honor the Supreme Court justice for his contributions to the civil rights movement.
Marshall visited Rockland in 1943 to call for desegregation of a Hillburn school.
According to a press release issued jointly by Morahan and Jaffee, several prominent Rocklanders joined the lawmakers in Albany on Monday, including Legislature Vice Chairman William Darden, D-Hillcrest, his brother Spring Valley Mayor George Darden, Spring Valley NAACP president Willie Trotman, and Willie Bryant from Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
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