There’s an effort to preserve Thurgood Marshall’s legacy in Baltimore [Video]

BALTIMORE — There’s an effort underway to turn the Justice Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center into a national historic site.

The center located in West Baltimore is where Thurgood Marshall went to elementary school.

The center is located on Division Street, not too far from where the civil rights icon grew up.

More than 200 people signed an online petition in favor of the site becoming a national historic site.

Plus, Congressman Kweisi Mfume along with Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin introduced legislation that would establish the center as a national historic site and integrate it into the National Park System.

Rev. Alvin Hathaway is the CEO of Beloved Community Services Coporation.

He is helping to spearhead the effort.

“I believe this site should be a historic site. It’s a site that many people are supporting as well, and I believe just bring this to Baltimore and recognize our hometown hero, who is Justice Thurgood Marshall,” …