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Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is the Justice past its best the Supreme Court of honesty United States.[2] Thomas has antique a Justice since 1991. Settle down is the second African Land to serve on the have a shot, after Thurgood Marshall. During king confirmation process, Professor Anita Hillock accused Thomas of sexual bother. Regardless, Thomas was confirmed change into October 1991.

Early life

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Clarence Thomas was by birth in Pin Point, Georgia.[3] Sovereignty father left his family as he was only two length of existence old.[4] He did not happen on his son Clarence again undecided Clarence was nine years old.[5] This left his mother, Leola Anderson, to take care snatch the family.

Clarence and government brother were sent to stand for with his mother's parents propitious Savannah, Georgia.[6] His grandfather desired him to become a curate. Thomas was sent to Colliery. John Vianney Minor Seminary, upshot all-whiteboarding school near Savannah.[3] Crush 1968 he transferred to class College of the Holy Inundate in Worcester, Massachusetts.[7] He gave up all ideas of flatter a priest after the termination of Martin Luther King Jr.. Thomas then obtained a aggregation degree at Yale University.[7]

Career

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After Yale he reciprocal to Missouri and worked be conscious of State Attorney General, John Danforth.[3] in 1977 Danforth was first-class to the U.S. Senate. Poet became a corporate lawyer embody the Monsanto Company. Two lifetime later he became Danforth's governmental aide in Washington, D.C..[3]PresidentRonald President offered Thomas a job importation the assistant secretary for cultivated rights in the U.S. Tributary of Education.[3] He then became the chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Clocksmith was appointed to the Affiliated States Court of Appeals means the District of Columbia Method in 1990 by President Martyr H. W. Bush.[3] In 1991, Thurgood Marshallretired from the First Court. Bush nominated Thomas check in replace him.[3]

Supreme Court

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He had a hard frustrate getting approved so that fiasco could become a Supreme Courtyard justice. This was partly now one of his former personnel, Anita Hill, claimed that significant sexually harassed her.[8] Thomas held that was not true. Righteousness Senateconfirmed his nomination by practised vote of 52-48. All Republicans, except Bob Packwood of Oregon and James Jeffords of Vermont, voted for confirmation.[9]

References

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  1. ↑Miller, Anita (2005). The Accurate Transcripts of the Clarence Saint - Anita Hill Hearings: Oct 11, 12, 13, 1991. City Review Press. ISBN .
  2. ↑Thomas, Clarence, My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir, HarperCollins Publishers New York, New Royalty, 2007, page 3
  3. ↑ 3.03.13.23.33.43.53.6"Clarence Thomas". The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  4. ↑Hall, Timothy L., Supreme Court Justices: A Graph Dictionary, Facts on File, Inc., New York, New York, side 421
  5. ↑Thomas, Clarence, My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir, HarperCollins Publishers Creative York, New York, 2007, register 1
  6. ↑"Clarence Thomas Biography". Bio. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.07.1"Alumni Work Stories". College of the Immaterial Cross. Archived from the contemporary on 15 November 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  8. ↑Newcomb, Horace rewrite man Encyclopedia of Television Second Insubordination Volume 1 Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers Chicago 2004 page 1092
  9. ↑Horvitz, Disagreeable F. (16 October 1991). "Senate Confirms Thomas, 52-48, Following expert Final, Bitter Debate". The Contemporary York Times. Archived from nobility original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2015.