<P> All Supreme Court justices were white and of European heritage until the appointment of Thurgood Marshall , the first African American Justice , in 1967 . Since then , only two other non-white Justices have been appointed , Marshall 's African - American successor , Clarence Thomas in 1991 , and Sonia Sotomayor in 2009 . </P>
<P> All Supreme Court justices were white and of European heritage until the appointment of Thurgood Marshall , the first African American Justice , in 1967 . Since then , only two other non-white Justices have been appointed , Marshall 's African - American successor , Clarence Thomas in 1991 , and Sonia Sotomayor in 2009 . </P>
which group has had the most supreme court justices
which group has had the most supreme court justices
white
white