October 2
On October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court on June 13, 1967. After his nomination was confirmed by Congress on August 30 of the same year, Marshall was sworn in by Chief Justice Earl Warren as the first black U.S. Supreme Court Justice. He served as a Supreme Court justice for nearly 25 years before retiring in 1991.
Thurgood Marshall died in 1993 at the age of 84.
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