Fifty Years ago tomorrow, on June 13, 1967, President Lyndon Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court following the retirement of Justice Tom C. Clark. Johnson, a southerner, said it was "the right thing to do, the right time to do it, the right man and the right place." Marshall was confirmed as an Associate Justice by a Senate vote of 69–11 on August 30, 1967. He was the the first African American Supreme Court Justice, and the 96th person to sit on the Court.
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