Mr. Civil Rights Takes His Seat on the Supreme Court
On October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first Black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court — the great-grandson of an enslaved man, now the Court's 96th justice.
On October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first Black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court — the great-grandson of an enslaved man, now the Court's 96th justice.