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This powerful, Emmy Award-winning drama stars Sidney Poitier as lawyer and NAACP Chief Counsel lawyer Thurgood Marshall, who in 1953 argued the explosive and potentially groundbreaking Brown vs. Board of Education school segregation case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Marshall's courtroom opponent is portrayed by Burt Lancaster (in his final acting role), with Richard Kiley playing Chief Justice Earl Warren. With Cleavon Little, Lynne Thigpen. 191 min. Standard; Soundtrack English. Region Free
