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United Press International Washington

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09741.02 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Photograph Date: 13 June 1967 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 27.4 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy

One telephoto of entitled, "Washington," taken by United Press International dated June 13, 1967. Image is cartoon of a tailor giving Thurgood Marshall his robe. On the robe is text that reads, "First Negro on the Supreme Court." A caption above the cartoon reads, "Should be a good fit...it took us 177 years to make."

Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993

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