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On the recordAugust 23, 1965
Thurgood Marshall is the first Negro in the history of the United States ever to become the Solicitor General.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Swearing In of Judge Thurgood Marshall as Solicitor General.

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