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      *Terrence Howard is set to star as NAACP lawyer Thurgood Marshall in a new film about the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954. 

       “The Crusaders,” to be directed by “Lemony Snicket” helmer Brad Silberling, is based on “Crusaders in the Courts,” the memoirs of Jack Greenberg, former Assistant Counsel and then Director-Counsel to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund from 1949 to 1984.    

       Greenberg and Marshall successfully argued the Brown v. Board case before the Supreme Court. As a result, racial segregation was declared unconstitutional.      

       When asked last month to choose his best film work, Howard told us with confidence that it will be his portrayal of Thurgood Marshall and another future role of Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis.

        "All the characters I've played up until now, I've had to create and I've had no model to live by," he said. "But now, I've been studying these people for so long that I look forward to being able to tell their story."

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