In 1967, President Lyndon Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to be the first African-American Associate Justice on the Supreme Court. He was in office June 13, 1967 - June 28, 1991. He was preceded by Tom C. Clark; and succeeded by Clarenc...
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Thurgood Marshall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Before becoming a judge, he was a lawyer ...
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- Thurgood Marshall, a famed civil rights lawyer and most notably the first African American to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, will receive one of the nation's ... The black and white photograph was taken by Abdon Daoud Ackad, Sr., in late 1967, shortly after Marshall became a justice of the U. S. Supreme Court.
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Civil Rights Giant And First Black Supreme Court Justice Honored On 2003 Black Heritage Series Stamp ... WASHINGTON - Thurgood Marshall, a famed civil rights lawyer and most notably the first African American to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, will receive one of the nation's highest honors when the U.S.
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Biography of Justice Black ... As the first Roosevelt appointee to the Supreme Court, Justice Black took the position--held throughout his career--that judges had no power to veto legislation or executive action merely because it conflicted with their concepts of right and wrong.
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Who was the first black woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1968? ... He was the first black Supreme Court Justice in the United States. ... He was the first black to reach the North Pole on April 6, 1909 with Robert E. Peary.
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Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice ... In 1930, he applied to the University of Maryland Law School, but was denied admission because he was Black. This was an event that was to haunt him and direct his future professional life. ... Wins first of 29 Supreme Court victories (Chambers v. Florida)
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