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jun 13, 1967 - Thurgood Marshall becomes the first Black Supreme Court Justice

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LBJ nominated Marshall, a former lawyer in the Brown vs. Board case, to the Supreme Court stating it was "the right thing to do, the right time to do it, the right man and the right place."

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jun 13, 1967
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~ 59 years ago