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Margaret M. Russell

American jurist, lawyer, associate justice Thurgood Marshall (1908 - 1993), who had been recently appointed Solicitor General by President Lyndon Johnson, sits behind his desk in his office at the Federal Courthouse, Washington, DC. He later became the first black Supreme Court Justice. (Sam Falk/New York Times Co./Getty Images)

Focus on race and crime in Jackson’s hearing recalls Thurgood Marshall’s — 55 years ago

Margaret M. Russell