Video: 'Top News Story June 27, 1991'

(Thursday, June 27, 1991, 1:00 p.m. EDT) — U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, 82, the first Black jurist to sit on the nation’s highest court and a living hero of the civil rights movement, announced his retirement today after 24 years. Continue reading Justice Thurgood Marshall retires from U.S. Supreme Court in blow to progressives 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 27 1991) →