On June 13, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Thurgood Marshall to fill the seat of retiring Supreme C...

On June 13, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Thurgood Marshall to fill the seat of retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Tom C. Clark. On August 30, after a heated debate, the Senate confirmed Marshall’s nomination by a vote of 69 to 11. Two days later, he was sworn in by Chief Justice Earl Warren, making him the first African American in history to sit on America’s highest court.