Marshall named first African-American U.S. Solicitor General 50 years ago this hour (July 13 1965)

1960s, African-American Civil Rights, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'LBJ and Thurgood Marshall, 7/7/65, 1.30P.'

(Tuesday, July 13, 1965, afternoon EDT) — President Lyndon B. Johnson today nominated Judge Thurgood Marshall to become the first African-American U.S. Solicitor General, the person appointed to represent the federal government before the U.S. Supreme Court.