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The first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court was Thurgood Marshall, appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 and sworn in on October 2, 1967.

The first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court was Thurgood Marshall, appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 and sworn in on October 2, 1967.