Which Civil Rights leader became the first African American on the U. S. Supreme Court? (4 points)

Thurgood Marshall
How Thurgood Marshall became the first Black U.S. Supreme Court justice. Thurgood Marshall poses in his New York residence on September 11, 1962, after the Senate confirmation of his nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals. Five years later, Marshall would become the first Black man to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.