UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980

 

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    Identifier

    35160004311719

    Creation Date

    10-2-1967

    Subject—Names

    Thurgood Marshall

    Subject—Topics

    School integration; Civil rights; Black history

    Description

    Washington: Thurgood Marshall poses in his robes just before taking his seat as the first Negro member of the U.S. Supreme Court today. Marshall, the great grandson of a slave, swore to do equal right to the poor and the rich" as he took the oath at the opening session of the court.

    Format

    BW photograph, 7" x 9"

    Source

    United Press International

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    Keywords

    African Americans, history, United States, prejudice, desegregation, civil rights movement, Black Panthers

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