Thurgood Marshall, the first Black U.S. Supreme Court justice, poses with his family after being confirmed to the highest court in the land in 1967. https://cbsn.ws/3pa2NGz | CBS News

Thurgood Marshall became the first Black person confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice on this day in 1967 where he served for 24 years. Thurgood Marshall was the leading architect of the strategy that ended state-sponsored segregation. Thurgood Marshall’s visionary legal work at the Legal Defense Fund was an unrivaled contribution to the Civil Rights Movement and helped change the arc of American history forever. His tremendous legacy lives on in the pursuit of racial justice. | The Legal Defense

356K views · 4.5K reactions | 50 years ago today Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Chadwick Boseman plays Thurgood in Marshall Movie. Take the whole family to see it in theaters on October 13th. KNOW YOUR HISTORY! #MarshallMovie | Codeblack Life. | Facebook

Watch the new sneak peek of Chadwick Boseman in Marshall Movie - the story of the iconic Supreme Court Justice – Thurgood Marshall. Check it out in theaters Oct. 13th! | BET