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Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991.
Afterwards, on September 1, 1967 Justice Hugo Black privately administered the constitutional oath to Marshall, allowing him to be placed on the Supreme Court's payroll. On October 1, 1967, at the start of the Court's new term, Marshall was given the judicial oath and formally joined the Court's bench.
Thurgood Marshall (1908–1993) Thurgood Marshall, first Black Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, is photographed on his first day in court wearing judicial robes Oct. 2, 1967. (AP Photo/Bob ...
First African-American appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States: Thurgood Marshall (See also: 1965) First African-American selected for astronaut training: Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. First African American to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame : Emlen Tunnell
John W. Marshall — son of Thurgood Marshall, first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court — will speak Friday in Topeka about his father's legacy.
A totally separate organization from the NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) was set up by Thurgood Marshall in 1940; it became fully independent of the NAACP in 1957. While NAACP is a membership organization with chapters across the country, LDF is a law firm in New York City that focuses on civil rights lawsuits.
The statue of American civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall will replace the bust of late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Roger The post Statue of Thurgood Marshall to replace bust of racist Supreme ...
Second African American (following Thurgood Marshall) to serve as Solicitor General of the United States Barack Obama (b. 1961) [12] University of Chicago law professor, United States Senator, first African-American President of the Harvard Law Review, and 44th President of the United States of America: Ida Platt (1862–1939) [13]