The (Nonexistent) Good Old Days Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Thurgood Marshall, solicitor general of the U.S., has a smoke during a Senate hearing on his fitness to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, July 19, 1967. ( Associated Press / Associated Press ) Produced by WNYC Studios