1/3 #BLM OTD 1967 Thurgood Marshall, appointed to the SCOTUS by President Lyndon Johnson becomes the 1st Black U.S. Supreme Court justice. A staunch opponent of discrimination, he would serve on the bench for 24 years.
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2/3 He defended affirmative action & abortion, fought for the rights of criminal defendants & opposed the death penalty. After receiving a law degree from Howard University in D.C. in 1933, joined the legal counsel of the NAACP.
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3/3 He won 29 cases for the organization, including a landmark victory the 1954's Brown v. Board of Ed case, which formally ended segregation in all US public schools. He retired from the bench in 1991 and passed away at 84 on Jan. 24, 1993.
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