Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Word of the Day and Historical Fact of the Day

Daily, the staff at J.S. Flipper Library works to bring patrons a Word of the Day, Thought of the Day and/or Historical Fact of the Day

Today's Word of the Day comes from Library Director, Mrs. Howard:

fun·gi·ble:
adjective 
(especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
The Historical Fact of the Day comes from Acquisitions Librarian, Ms. Diaz.

8/30/1967 – Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

For more information on Thurgood Marshall head over to http://www.biography.com/  and check out his biography!

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