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Tennessee's "Thurgood Marshall" passes away at the age of 78

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Published August 26, 2011 at 10:27 AM CDT
Adolpho Birch Jr.
Adolpho Birch Jr.

By Kevin Willis

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Nashville, TN – A groundbreaking Tennessee legal figure has passed away. Justice Adolpho Birch, Jr. was the first African-American elected to a Nashville judgeship and the first to lead the state Supreme Court. Kevin Willis has more on the life of Birch.

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