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Thurgood Marshall Sworn-In as Solicitor General

This photograph is of the swearing-in ceremony of federal judge Thurgood Marshall as the first African-American Solicitor General. The ceremony took place in the Cabinet Room of the White House on August 24, 1965. Marshall would go on to become a Supreme Court Justice in 1967. Photographed alongside Marshal are President Lyndon B. Johnson and Marshall's family: wife Cecilia Marshall and sons Thurgood Marshall, Jr. and John W. Marshall.
Photographer
Joseph H. Scherschel
Date of Work
August 24, 1965
Type
Photograph
Credit
White House Historical Association