Photo credits: C-SPAN Cable News Network After a bitter confirmation hearing, the U.S. Senate voted 52 to 48 to confirm Clarence Thomas (pictured left) to the U.S. Supreme Court. In July 1991,Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to sit on the Supreme Court, announced his retirement after 34 years. PresidentGeorge H.W. Bushnominated Clarence Thomas, a then 43-year-old African […]