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Thurgood Marshall
Appointment to Supreme Court in 1967

  By Virginia Choi • June 10, 2014 Uncategorized
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Footage from 1967 of Thurgood Marshall’s appointment as the the first African-American Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Marshall was confirmed by a Senate vote of 69–11 on August 30, 1967; in this video, members of the U.S. Senate give their feedback on the historic confirmation.

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Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall: “Common Humanity’

  By Virginia Choi • June 10, 2014 Uncategorized
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Stephen Carter, former clerk of Justice Thurgood Marshall in 1980, shares a story on how Marshall would never say a negative thing about someone, including the segregationists that he effectively dedicated his legal career opposing. Carter describes a time when one particular segregationist lawyer’s name came up and instead of … Continue reading