Civil rights icon Marshall was the first Black U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Thurgood Marshall being sworn in as the first Black member of the U. S. Supreme Court in October 1967. Photo: Getty Images, the first Black U.S. Supreme Court justice, to replace one of the chief justice who wrote the racist 1857 Dred Scott decision denying Black Americans citizenship.
A marble bust of Roger Taney, former chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, sculpted in 1877, on display in the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the U.S. Capitol. Photo: Robert Alexander/Getty ImagesThe bill passed in the Senate last week after stalling there after the House earlier passed the legislation and will be sent to President Biden's desk to sign into law.House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer , who with Rep.
Rep. Jim Clyburn , who reintroduced the bill last year, tweeted that while "it's important to know our past, we ought not place those who sought to divide our nation in a place of honor." "I'm pleased a bust of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, whose commitment to civil rights and the advancement of our most marginalized communities, will be placed in the Capitol to represent the principles of democracy & freedom we cherish today," he
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Congress Votes To Remove Bust Of Dred Scott Decision Author From CapitolThe U.S. Supreme Court justice wrote the infamous 1857 decision that held African-Americans were not citizens.
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Congress approves removing statue of Supreme Court chief justice who wrote Dred Scott decisionThe House has passed a bill that would remove from public display at the U.S. Capitol a statue of Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision that defended slavery and denied the citizenship of Black Americans.
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