On February 26, 2026, the Baltimore County Bar Association’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) and Historical Committees hosted a reenactment of Williams v. Zimmerman, a case argued by a young Thurgood Marshall. Marshall, who went on to become the first African-American Justice of the United States Supreme Court, argued the case in September 1936, challenging Baltimore County’s notion of “separate but equal.” While Justice Marshall was unsuccessful in this challenge, Williams v. Zimmerman laid the foundation for arguable one of the most impactful cases of our time, Brown v. Board of Education, which was argued by Justice Marshall.

Associate, Jasmine Pope, Vice-Chair of the DEIA Committee, played a significant role in the planning, casting, execution, and direction of the program. Word of the event spread and was WMAR, channel 2 news, did a feature on the event.