One noteworthy U.S. Judge in Black history is Thurgood Marshall. Marshall was the first African American to serve on the United States Supreme Court, appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967. Before his appointment to the Supreme Court, Marshall was a prominent civil rights lawyer, most famous for his work with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. He successfully argued several landmark cases before the Supreme Court, including Brown v. Board of Education, which ended segregation in public schools. Marshall's work as a lawyer and a judge helped advance civil rights and set important legal precedents in the fight against racial discrimination.