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One. Clarence Thomas, who was nominated by George H. W. Bush in 1991, was the second African-American on the Court nominated to the US Supreme Court. He replaced Justice Thurgood Marshall (1967-1991), the first African-American to serve as Supreme Court Justice, upon Marshall's retirement.

There have only been two African-Americans on the US Supreme Court to date.

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