2 October 1967 October 1, 2013 Author: Staff Thurgood Marshall gets sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court. Famous Words of Inspiration..."The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be." Horace Bushnell — Click here for more from Horace Bushnell Related posts: 2 October 1967 20 October 1967 17 December 1967 24 April 1967 17 December 1967 5 June 1967 3 September 1967 2 October 2002 5 June 1947 Categories: History Tags: 1967, 2 October