Thurgood Marshall Events

1967 Jun 13 President Lyndon Johnson Appoints Thurgood Marshall, First African-American Supreme Court Member
Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Before becoming a judge, he w...
1967 Aug 30 Thurgood Marshall Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
On June 13, 1967, President Johnson nominated Marshall to the Supreme Court following the retirement of Justice Tom C. Clark, saying that this was "the right thing to do, the right time t...
1967 Oct 2 Thurgood Marshall Is Sworn In As A Supreme Court Justice
On October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. Long before President Lyndon Johnson appointed him the first African-American Supreme Court justice, Marshal...
1987
to 1988
Elena Kagan Becomes Law Clerk For Justice Thurgood Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court
she clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court. (Justice Marshall, ascended to the court after serving as solicitor general.) Justice Marshall called her, Ka...