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Justice Marshall, appointed by President Johnson in 1967, was the first African-American to break the color barrier. Justice O'Connor, appointed by President Reagan in 1981, was the first woman to break the gender barrier.

There fore they were the first justice to represent Africain Americans and women, respectively, on the Supreme Court

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