50 years ago today, Thurgood Marshall became the first black Supreme Court Justice. | Cycle

Thurgood Marshall may have been the first African American Supreme Court justice, but his legacy stretches far beyond the bench. Learn more about his story in Becoming Thurgood Marshall on September 9. | PBS

#TBT spotlight on Thurgood Marshall, who in 1967 became the first African American to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. A graduate of Lincoln University in 1930 and Howard University School of Law in 1933, Marshall distinguished himself as one of the country’s leading advocates for Civil Rights. Over two decades, he won 29 of the 32 cases he argued in front of the Supreme Court. After being appointed by President John F. Kennedy to the U.S. Court of Appeals in 1961, President Lyndon B. Jo