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Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall Oral History
2017-09-30T17:58:30-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJkZWZhdWx0c1wvQ2FwaXRvbF9kZWZhdWx0LWltYWdlLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the nation’s first African American Supreme Court Associate Justice on October 2, 1967. A 1969 oral history interview with Justice Marshall conducted for the LBJ Presidential Library by T.H. Baker, who headed the LBJ oral history program. Also, a call between President Johnson and Thurgood Marshall when he was the U.S. Solicitor General. Harvard Law School Professor Mark Tushnet, who clerked for Justice Marshall and whose books include: “Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall” and the “Supreme Court, 1956-1961” talked about working for Justice Marshall.
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the nation’s first African American Supreme Court Associate Justice on October 2, 1967. A 1969 oral histor…
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Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the nation’s first African American Supreme Court Associate Justice on October 2, 1967. A 1969 oral history interview with Justice Marshall conducted for the LBJ Presidential Library by T.H. Baker, who headed the LBJ oral history program. Also, a call between President Johnson and Thurgood Marshall when he was the U.S. Solicitor General. Harvard Law School Professor Mark Tushnet, who clerked for Justice Marshall and whose books include: “Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall” and the “Supreme Court, 1956-1961” talked about working for Justice Marshall. close
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the nation’s first African American Supreme Court Associate Justice on October 2, 1967. A 1969 oral histor… read more
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the nation’s first African American Supreme Court Associate Justice on October 2, 1967. A 1969 oral history interview with Justice Marshall conducted for the LBJ Presidential Library by T.H. Baker, who headed the LBJ oral history program. Also, a call between President Johnson and Thurgood Marshall when he was the U.S. Solicitor General. Harvard Law School Professor Mark Tushnet, who clerked for Justice Marshall and whose books include: “Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall” and the “Supreme Court, 1956-1961” talked about working for Justice Marshall. close
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- T.H. Baker Interviewer Johnson (Lyndon Baines) Presidential Library and Museum
- Thurgood Marshall Associate Justice (Former) U.S. Supreme Court
- Mark V. Tushnet Professor Harvard Law School
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