President Lyndon Johnson nominates Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court, saying it is 'the right thing to do.'
At a Glance
- Date
- 13 June 1967
- Location
- Washington, D.C.
- Key people
- Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson
- Category
- Law & Justice
- Source
- Presidential nomination records (1967) · U.S. Supreme Court
What It Meant Then
It set in motion the confirmation of the Court's first Black justice.
What It Means Now
Marshall would take his seat that October.
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