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October 2nd

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  1. 1967
    The Rise

    Thurgood Marshall confirmed to the Supreme Court

    Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, the first Black American on the Court. He serves twenty-four years.

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