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Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall's Retirement Press Conference

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall

Washington, DC
Saturday, October 6, 2012

45 years ago, on October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African American Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.  He was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson.  This is his 1991 retirement press conference.

Updated: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 6:22pm (ET)

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Washington Journal (late 2012)