<Li> 1935--Working with Charles Houston, wins first major civil rights case, Murray v. Pearson . </Li> <Li> 1936--Becomes assistant special counsel for NAACP in New York . </Li> <Li> 1940--Wins Chambers v. Florida, the first of twenty - nine Supreme Court victories . </Li> <Li> 1943--Won case for integration of schools in Hillburn, New York . </Li>

Who was the first president to appoint an african american to the supreme court