Was Dr. Ronald McNair the first African-American US Supreme Court justice?

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2026-08-09 14:55

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No. Dr. McNair was an African-American physicist and astronaut who perished during the launch of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986.

Former NAACP attorney Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American US Supreme Court justice. President Johnson nominated Marshall to the Court in 1967; he retired in 1991, and died in 1993.

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