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This Day in History: Thurgood Marshall becomes first non-white U.S. Supreme Court justice

(WDBJ) – June 13, 1967:

President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall to become the first non-white justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Gray Media, parent company of WDBJ7, is celebrating the upcoming 250th birthday of the United States of America with a year-long look at our country called “We the People”.

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