William J. Brennan Jr.
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William Joseph Brennan Jr. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1990. He was the eighth-longest serving justice i
Official portrait, 1972
The New Jersey Supreme Court, 1955, Brennan is standing in the back row, far right
Warren Court, Brennan is standing at far left
Brennan in his later years
Thurgood Marshall
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Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-Amer
William J. Brennan Jr.
…Chief Justice, following the retirement of Warren Burger, Brennan found himself more frequently isolated. At times, his opinions would be joined only by Thurgood Marshall since, by 1975, they were the last remaining liberals of the Warren Court. That like-mindedness led to both Brennan and Marshall's clerks referring to…
Official portrait, 1976
Marshall in the Colored High and Training School yearbook, 1925
Marshall c. 1935–1940
NAACP leaders Henry L. Moon, Roy Wilkins, Herbert Hill, and Thurgood Marshall in 1956