Are You Smart Enough To Pass This Supreme Court Quiz?

Sara Portnoy|History|3 Feb 2025

Who was the first African American justice on the Supreme Court?

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Retry Correct Incorrect Thurgood Marshall, a civil rights luminary, made history as the initial African American Supreme Court justice. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1967 appointment marked a milestone in the Court’s diversity and the nation’s progress.
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Who was the first African American justice on the Supreme Court?

  • John Roberts
  • Thurgood Marshall
  • Sonia Sotomayor
  • Clarence Thomas
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