Good for Thurgood!

Good for Thurgood. Written by Marvin Burt.

瑟古德真棒。 作者：马文·伯特

Thurgood Marshall was born in 1908. He was African American and his grandfather had been a slave. By the time Thurgood was born, it was against the law to own slaves.

瑟古德·马歇尔出生于1908年。 他是非裔美国人，他的祖父曾经是奴隶。 到瑟古德出生的时候，蓄奴已经是违法行为了。

Even so, when Thurgood was a child, the South still had many laws that hurt black people. They were not allowed to eat in many restaurants that served white people.

即便如此，瑟古德小时候， 美国南方还有很多伤害黑人的法律。 很多接待白人的餐厅都不允许黑人进去用餐。

Black people in the South were not allowed to sit in the same train cars as white people.

美国南方的黑人不能和白人坐在同一节火车车厢里。

Black children in the South were not allowed to go to school with white children.

美国南方的黑人孩子不能和白人孩子上同一所学校。

Those laws were unfair. At the dinner table, Thurgood's family used to argue about what to do about those laws. Thurgood became very good at arguing.

这些法律太不公平了。 吃晚饭的时候，瑟古德一家常常会讨论该怎么应对这些法律。 瑟古德慢慢变得特别擅长辩论。