Marshall Confirmed: First Black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall took his seat on the Supreme Court, shattering a racial barrier that had stood for nearly two centuries and immediately shifting the court's composition toward greater representation of Black Americans. This confirmation transformed the legal landscape by placing a former civil rights lawyer in the room where landmark rulings on equality would be decided, setting a precedent that eventually led to for future diverse appointments.
August 30, 1967
59 years ago
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