Which famous georgia politician began his career as a leader in the civil rights movement and was a close personal friend of martin luther king, jr.?

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thurgood marshall

explanation: in 1954, thurgood marshall and a team of naacp attorneys won brown v. board of education of topeka, kansas. in this landmark decision, the supreme court held that segregation in public education violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment.