<P> Thurgood Marshall ( July 2 , 1908 -- January 24 , 1993 ) was an American lawyer , serving as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991 . Marshall was the Court 's 96th justice and its first African - American justice . Prior to his judicial service , he successfully argued several cases before the Supreme Court . </P>
<P> Thurgood Marshall ( July 2 , 1908 -- January 24 , 1993 ) was an American lawyer , serving as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991 . Marshall was the Court 's 96th justice and its first African - American justice . Prior to his judicial service , he successfully argued several cases before the Supreme Court . </P>
who was the first african american appointed to supreme court
who was the first african american appointed to supreme court
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall