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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,446 posts) Mon Jun 13, 2022, 09:59 AM Jun 2022

Thurgood Marshall was nominated by LBJ as first Black Supreme Court Justice 55 years ago today:

Thurgood Marshall was nominated by LBJ as first Black Supreme Court Justice fifty-five years ago today:

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Thurgood Marshall was nominated by LBJ as first Black Supreme Court Justice 55 years ago today: (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 OP

I remember my Dad complaining about this. Archae Jun 2022 #1

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1. I remember my Dad complaining about this.

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Mon Jun 13, 2022, 10:33 AM

Jun 2022

I was 7 years old, and my Dad was bitching a blue streak, "Now the (n-word) are gonna take over our courts!"

Yes, my Dad was a vicious racist, the "Keep them out of OUR neighborhoods!" type.

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