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1 day ago · On August 30, 1967, the Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall as the first Black person to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. This groundbreaking moment marked a significant milestone in the fight for racial equality and diversity within the highest court in the United States. Marshall's appointment was a testament to his remarkable legal career ...
5 days ago · by Donald James, For the Michigan Chronicle More than three decades ago – on June 27, 1991 to be exact – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall retired from the nation’s oldest and highest court. Marshall’s departure from the hallowed chambers of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) marked the end of an incredible 24 ...
5 days ago · by Donald James, For the Michigan Chronicle More than three decades ago – on June 27, 1991 to be exact – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall retired from the nation’s oldest and highest court. Marshall’s departure from the hallowed chambers of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) marked the end of an … Continued
2 days ago · Thurgood Marshall had one of the most recognizable names and faces of the civil rights movement in America. He gained everlasting fame as the first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
5 days ago · Program Manager, The Institute for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion/Grants Management. On July 2, the day of Justice Thurgood Marshall’s birth, we remember his life and legacy. In the landmark case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Justice Marshall famously argued and won the fight to desegregate public schools in the United States ...
3 days ago · I want to share part of a speech by former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall as he accepted the National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal on July 4, 1992, at Philadelphia's ...
1 day ago · Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Thurgood Marshall and has served since 1991. After Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the Supreme Court and has ...
