U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" id="mwuw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> nominates Solicitor-General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall" id="mwvA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thurgood Marshall">Thurgood Marshall</a> to become the first black justice on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court" id="mwvQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="U.S. Supreme Court">U.S. Supreme Court</a>.