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In 1967 he made history when President Johnson appointed him as the first African American that served on the Supreme Court. He is also known for being a major civil rights fighter and for his victory in Brown vs. Board of Education.

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Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American to be appointed to the Supreme Court. He was selected by President Johnson himself and is considered, to this day, to be the "conscience of the court."

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He was the first African-American to be appointed to the US Supreme Court (1967).

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he should be honored because he was the first african-american to meet Abraham Lincoln and he tried to stop racism

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