First Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice: (1967): Thurgood Marshall #BLVCKMERCH #ThurgoodMarshall #CivilRights #Justice #SupremeCourt #BlackHistory #Legacy #BlackExcellence | BLVCK MERCH

On this day, October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first Black Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. When Justice Marshall retired in 1991 at age 82, he had a warning about his eventual replacement, Clarence Thomas. He was spot on. Take a listen. #ThurgoodMarshall | HBCU Alum

#TBT spotlight on Thurgood Marshall, who in 1967 became the first African American to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. A graduate of Lincoln University in 1930 and Howard University School of Law in 1933, Marshall distinguished himself as one of the country’s leading advocates for Civil Rights. Over two decades, he won 29 of the 32 cases he argued in front of the Supreme Court. After being appointed by President John F. Kennedy to the U.S. Court of Appeals in 1961, President Lyndon B. Jo