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CLARENCE THOMAS
was born in the Pinpoint Community near Savannah, Georgia,
on June 23, 1948. He was graduated from the College of
the Holy Cross in 1971 and from Yale Law School in 1974.
Thomas was admitted to the Missouri bar in 1974 and became
an Assistant Attorney general of the State of Missouri
the same year. He was an attorney for the Monsanto Company
form 1977 to 1979. Thomas served as legislative assistant
to Senator John C. Danforth of Missouri for the following
two years. In 1981, Thomas was appointed Assistant Secretary
for Civil Rights in the United States Department of Education.
In 1982, he was named Chairman of the United States Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission and served in that capacity
until 1990. President George Bush appointed Thomas to
the United States Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit in 1990. On July 1, 1991, President Bush
nominated Thomas to the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Senate confirmed the appointment on October 15, 1991.
Image Credit: Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, Photographer Steve Petteway
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