October 2 - Today in Legal History
October 2, 1967 - Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall Sworn In
Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Before becoming the court's first African-American justice, Marshall led the Legal Defense and Educational Fund of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas before the Supreme Court in 1954.
Related resources:
- The Legacy of Thurgood Marshall (U.S. State Department)
- Audio: Highlights of the Supreme Court Term: How Has the New Conservative Majority Affected the Court? (Justice Talking)
- Supreme Court Center
