Clarence Thomas

official Supreme Court portrait of Clarence Thomas, The Oyez Project, by Steve Petteway, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States

Place of Birth: Pin Point, Georgia, U.S.

Date of Birth: June 23, 1948

Ethnicity: African-American

Clarence Thomas is an American lawyer and jurist. He has served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, since October 23, 1991. He was previously Assistant Secretary of Education for the Office for Civil Rights, from June 26, 1981 to May 6, 1982, Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, from May 6, 1982 to March 8, 1990, and a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, from March 12, 1990 to October 23, 1991.

Justice Thomas is the son of Leola, a domestic worker, and M. C. Thomas, a farm worker. He was raised mostly by his mother, and maternal grandparents. His family spoke Gullah. He is married to attorney, conservative activist, lobbyist, and conspiracy theorist, Virginia (Lamp) Thomas. He has a son with his former wife Kathy Ambush.

Justice Thomas is a Roman Catholic.

Justice Thomas’s maternal grandfather was named Myers Anderson. Myers built a successful fuel oil and ice business.

Justice Thomas’s maternal grandmother was named Christine Hargrove.

Justice Thomas is descended from slaves named Sandy and Peggy, who were born around the end of the 18th century. They were owned by planter Josiah Wilson, of Liberty County, Georgia.

Source: Genealogy of Clarence Thomas (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com