30 August 1967 Posted on August 30, 2016 by Staff Thurgood Marshall become the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Music, in the best sense, does not require novelty; no, the older it is, and the more we are accustomed to it, the greater its effect." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Click here for more from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Related posts: 2 October 1967 30 August 1967 23 January 1967 5 June 1947 24 August 1857 17 December 1967 24 April 1967 5 June 1967 3 September 1967 2 October 1967