Mrs. Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Maurice Sorrell, a Johnson Publishing company staff photographer pose at the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) 150th Anniversary reception at the National press club
- Photograph by
- Williams, Milton, American, born 1940
- Subject of
- Sorrell, Maurice, American, 1914 - 1998
- Marshall, Thurgood, American, 1908 - 1993
- Suyat Marshall, Cecilia, American, 1928 - 2022
- Date
- 1977
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 7 15/16 x 10 3/16 in. (20.2 x 25.9 cm)
- Caption
- Mrs. Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and Maurice Sorell, A Johnson Publishing Company staff photographer, pose at the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) 150th anniversary reception at the National Press Club.
- Sorrell photographed Justice Marshall and the civil rights movement from the fifties through the nineties for Jet and Ebony magazines. Sorrell also photographed Justice Marshall's funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington. March 1977.
- Williams, Milton. Moments in Time 1973-1993 (Nashville, Tennessee: James C. Winston Publishing Company, Inc., 1996), 112.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Maurice Sorrell, Thurgood Marshall and Cecilia Suyat Marshall. They are dressed formally and standing in front of several framed pictures. Maurice Sorrell is on the right, Thurgood Marshall is at center. Cecilia Suyat Marshall is at left. Maurice Sorrell is holding a glass and camera equipment. The photograph is stamped on the back.
- Place captured
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Law
- Local and regional
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Milton Williams Archives
- Object number
- 2011.15.240
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Milton Williams
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




