Cecilia Marshall Continues Grandfather’s Civil Rights Legacy

For the Marshalls, the combination of law and civil rights is the family business … and an illustrious family it is. Cecilia Marshall is the granddaughter of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. She is the managing director of scholarships and programs for the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund, and she was in Atlanta this weekend for the opening of the play “Thurgood” at Theatrical Outfit.

“To be honest, I tried to avoid stepping into the legacy of my grandfather,” Marshall told “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes. “Those were shoes that, growing up, I knew that I couldn’t fill. I was afraid to go into something that was in that same realm.”