2 October 1967 Posted on October 1, 2013 by Staff Thurgood Marshall gets sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court. Famous Words of Inspiration..."The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it." Bertrand Russell — Click here for more from Bertrand Russell 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