Illustration: pencil drawing of head-and-shoulders of Kimbo, African slave aboard the ship Amistad. Portrait by William H. Townsend, "Sketches of the Amistad captives." Credit: the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University; Wikimedia Commons.

U.S. Supreme Court Frees ‘Amistad’ Slaves

By Tony Pettinato on March 9, 2017

An article about the 9 March 1841 Supreme Court decision that freed the African petitioners in the famous Amistad case, a slave revolt led by Joseph Cinqué... (Read More)

Photo: Sandra Day O'Connor being sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice by Chief Justice Warren Burger. Her husband John O'Connor looks on, 25 September 1981. Credit: U.S. National Archives; Wikimedia Commons.

Sandra Day O’Connor Becomes Nation’s 1st Woman Supreme Court Justice

By Tony Pettinato on September 21, 2016

An article about Sandra Day O’Connor being confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become the first woman justice on the U.S. Supreme Court on 21 September 1981... (Read More)

Photo: Thurgood Marshall photographed on 13 June 1967 in the Oval Office. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration; Wikimedia Commons.

Thurgood Marshall Nominated: First Black Supreme Court Justice

By Tony Pettinato on June 15, 2015

An article about President Johnson announcing on 13 June 1967 his nomination of Thurgood Marshall to be the first African American Supreme Court justice... (Read More)

Photo: Louis Brandeis. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

‘People’s Lawyer’ Louis Brandeis: 1st Jewish Supreme Court Justice

By Tony Pettinato on June 1, 2015

An article about Louis Dembitz Brandeis being confirmed as the first Jewish Supreme Court justice in U.S. history, on 1 June 1916... (Read More)

17 May 1954: Supreme Court Rules against School Segregation

By Tony Pettinato on May 16, 2014

An article about the Supreme Court ruling on 17 May 1954 in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional... (Read More)

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