30 August 1967 August 30, 2016 Author: Staff Thurgood Marshall become the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind, than in the one where they sprung up." Oliver Wendell Holmes — Click here for more from Oliver Wendell Holmes 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 Categories: History Tags: 1967, 30 August