Thurgood Marshall Baltimore-Washington International Airport?

Sounds good. I like it. ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Baltimore-Washington International Airport may soon become the Thurgood Marshall Baltimore-Washington International Airport if a bill introduced by a Baltimore County Democrat to honor the former Supreme Court justice passes. Delegate Emmett C. Burns Jr. said it was important to recognize Marshall as "the greatest civil rights hero of our time." Thurgood Marshall, born in Baltimore in 1908, served as legal director for the NAACP from 1940 to 1961 during the crucial period of school desegregation, culminating in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision declaring segregation of public schools illegal. He was named to the Supreme Court in 1967. He died in 1993. The state honored Marshall in 1996 with a statue in front of the Maryland State House in Lawyers' Mall. "He did more legally to bring America back to its true meaning than anyone else. What better way to honor him than to put his name on an airport," Burns said. He noted that Marshall's wife, who also works for the NAACP, is excited about it. "It's now time for blacks to be honored in the way others have been honored," Burns said, noting airports named after Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy and former New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. "It will give Thurgood Marshall international recognition. If I check my bags in Beijing, China, the person ticketing them will see Thurgood Marshall on the ticket."