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Clarence Thomas

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Clarence Thomas 1948-, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1991-), b. Pin Point (Savannah), Ga. Raised in a poor family, he graduated (1974) from the Yale Law School and became a prominent black conservative active in Republican causes. He chaired the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1982-90) during the Reagan and Bush administrations, and attempted there to modify the application of federal affirmative action guidelines. In 1990 he was appointed a judge on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In July, 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated Thomas... Read more
Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas President George Bush named Clarence Thomas (born 1948) to the Supreme Court in 1991. Senate confirmation...has tended to vote with the more conservative justices. Clarence Thomas was born in Pin Point, Georgia, a tiny, coastal hamlet... Read more
Thomas, Clarence
Clarence Thomas Born: June 23, 1948 Pin Point, Georgia...President George Bush (1924 – ) named Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1991. Since...conservative justices. Georgia childhood Clarence Thomas was born in the tiny coastal town of... Read more

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