Thurgood Marshall Sworn In as First Black Supreme Court Justice
President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court, shattering a racial barrier as the nation's first African-American justice. This appointment transformed the Court's composition and cemented Marshall's legacy from his landmark victory in Brown v. Board of Education into judicial authority that shaped civil rights for over two decades.
October 2, 1967
59 years ago
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