**ADVANCE FOR THURSDAY, FEB. 12** In this Aug. 22, 1958 file photo Thurgood Marshall, center, chief legal counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is surrounded by students and their escort from Little Rock, Ark., as he sits on the steps of the Supreme Court Building in Washington after he filed an appeal in the integration case of Little Rock's Central High School. The students are, from left: Melba Pattillo, Jefferson Thomas, Gloria Ray, escort Daisy Bates, Marshall, Carlotta Walls, Minnijean Brown, and Elizabeth Eckford. (AP Photo, file) Ran on: 02-12-2009 Thurgood Marshall (center) and students from Little Rock, Ark., sit on the steps of the Supreme Court in August 1958. Ran on: 02-12-2009 Thurgood Marshall (center) and students from Little Rock, Ark., sit on the steps of the Supreme Court in August 1958. Photo: AP
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