Clarence Thomas

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991

Person · Open Library

Born: 23 June 1948
Works: 6

Top works

On Faith
My Grandfather's Son CD
My Grandfather's Son LP
My Grandfather's Son
Clarence Thomas--confronting the future

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Film & TV

Acting · Pin Point, Georgia, US

Known for

Hollywood Demons — Self (archive sound)2025
Biden's Decision — Self (archive footage)2024
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court — himself (archival footage)2023
This Is Pop — Self (archive footage)2021
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden — Self (archive footage)2020
Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words — Self2020
RBG — Self - Supreme Court Justice (archive footage)2018
Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie — Self (archive footage)2018
Fahrenheit 11/9 — Self (archive footage)2018
RBG — Self (archive footage)2018

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Norway
Active from: 1948

composerepicepic musicorchestralsoundtracktrailer

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 181
Total plays: 4,778

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 160,799x
The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 77,434x
U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 57,507x
STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,716x
UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 43,764x

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Quotes

“These guys are sitting there watching the destruction of our race while arguing about Ronald Reagan”
“Ronald Reagan isn't the problem. Former president Jimmy Carter was not the problem. The lack of black leadership is the problem”
“I can't see myself spending the rest of my life as a judge.”
“A friend of mine who passed away some nine years ago was an active member of the NBA. And many of you may remember him, Gil Hardy. [Applause.] Probably one of the most painful tragedies for me of my confirmation was to see the name of one of the nicest, most decent human beings I had ever met, besmirched. And Gil was my best friend at both college and at Yale Law School. He was the best man at my wedding and he is the person to whom I went for solace.”
“As I have noted, I find a thoughtful, analytical criticism most helpful. I do not think any judge can address a vast array of cases and issues without testing and re-testing his or her reasoning and opinions in the crucible of debate. However, since we are quite limited in public debate about matters that may come before the court, such debate must, for the most part, occur intramurally, thus placing a premium on outside scholarship.”
“Unfortunately, from time to time, the criticism of the court goes beyond the bounds of civil debate and discourse. Today it seems quite acceptable to attack the court and other institutions when one disagrees with an opinion or policy. I can still remember traveling along Highway 17 in south Georgia, the Coastal Highway, during the fifties and sixties, and seeing the 'Impeach Earl Warren' signs.”

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Key facts

Appointed by: George H. W. Bush
Preceded by: Thurgood Marshall
Succeeded by: Judith W. Rogers
President: Ronald Reagan , George H. W. Bush
Born: ( 1948-06-23 ) June 23, 1948 (age 77) , Pin Point, Georgia , U.S.
Party: Republican (since 1980)
Spouses: Kathy Ambush ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1971 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1984 ) Virginia Lamp ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1987 )
Education: College of the Holy Cross ( BA ) Yale University ( JD )

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Wikidata facts

Image: Clarence Thomas official SCOTUS portrait.jpg

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date of birth: 1948-06-23
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Article

Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served since 1991 as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Thurgood Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and the second longest-serving U.S. Supreme Court justice in history.

Thomas was born in Pin Point, Georgia. After his father abandoned the family, he was raised by his grandfather in a poor Gullah community near Savannah, Georgia. Growing up as a devout Catholic, Thomas originally intended to be a priest in the Catholic Church but became dissatisfied with its efforts to combat racism and abandoned his aspiration to join the clergy. He graduated with honors from the College of the Holy Cross in 1971 and earned his Juris Doctor in 1974 from Yale Law School. Upon graduating, he was appointed as an assistant attorney general in Missouri and later entered private practice there. He became a legislative assistant to U.S. senator John Danforth in 1979, and was made Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education in 1981. President Ronald Reagan appointed Thomas as Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) the next year.