ASSOCIATE JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS - BOOK PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED - HFSID 274389

CLARENCE THOMAS. Book Photograph signed: "Clarence Thomas" as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. B/w, 6x9 overall, image 4¼x5½ (one surface). Minor surface creases (not evident head on). Fine condition. Accompanied by TLS: "Dorothy J. Barry" as Secretary to Justice Thomas, 1p, 8½x11. Washington, D.C., 1997 March 31. On letterhead of the Supreme Court of the United States, Chambers of Justice Clarence Thomas to Dr. Alfred J. Kaiser, Hatfield, Massachusetts. In full: "Justice Thomas has asked me to convey his thanks to you for your recent correspondence. Enclosed is the item which you sent to Justice Thomas for autographing. Also enclosed is an autographed copy of his official photograph. Sincerely". Enclosure not present. Slightly creased. Fine condition. Clarence Thomas (born in 1948), civil rights chief of the U.S. Department of Education (1981-1982), chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1982-1990), Federal Appeals Court Judge (1990-1991) and a Black American with conservative views on affirmative action and abortion, was appointed by President Bush in 1991 to fill the seat of retiring liberal Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, who was the first Black American on the Supreme Court. In October, when approval was all but assured, the Senate Judiciary Committee reopened confirmation hearings to examine charges by Anita Hill, a University of Oklahoma law professor, that Thomas had subjected her to sexual harassment while she was an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission employee in the 1980. Televised testimony and debate on the charges did not change the committee's recommendation for approval, but polls showed a deep division in public opinion. Thomas, who was confirmed by a full Senate vote of 52-48, is still a member of the Court. Two items.