About
The first African-American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the position by President Lyndon B. Johnson and held the office from 1967 until 1991.
Before Fame
He attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, where he was a classmate of the famed Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes.
Trivia
He graduated from the Howard University School of Law in 1933.
Family Life
His second marriage, to Cecilia Suyat, produced two sons. He had previously been married to Vivien Burey.
Associated With
Under the administration of President John F. Kennedy, Marshall served as a Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
