Why Thurgood Marshall asked an ex-Klan member to help him make Supreme Court history

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Why Thurgood Marshall asked an ex-Klan member to help him make Supreme Court history

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Apr 13, 2018

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Thurgood Marshall, the first African American member of the Supreme Court, took the constitutional oath of office from Hugo Black, a white associate justice who had once been a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

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Apr 13, 2018

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Why Thurgood Marshall asked an ex-Klan member to help him make Supreme Court history

Why Thurgood Marshall asked an ex-Klan member to help him make Supreme Court history

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