Ketanji Brown Jackson: New US Supreme Court Justice gives first public remarks
I have now achieved something far beyond anything my grandparents could have possibly ever imagined
Ketanji Brown Jackson celebrated her appointment to the US supreme court at a White House event on Friday, after becoming the first Black woman to be appointed to the nation's highest judicial bench.
In her first remarks after her confirmation to the court, Jackson was keen to draw parallels between her story and the progress of racial equality in the US in general.
She said, 'We have come a long way toward perfecting our union. In my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the Supreme Court of the United States'.
With those words, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson acknowledged both the struggles and progress of Black Americans in her lifetime.
“I have now achieved something far beyond anything my grandparents could have possibly ever imagined,” Jackson said, noting they had gained only grade-school educations before starting their family and later sending their children to racially segregated schools.
Ketanji Brown Jackson celebrated her appointment to the US supreme court at a White House event on Friday, after becoming the first Black woman to be appointed to the nation's highest judicial bench.
In her first remarks after her confirmation to the court, Jackson was keen to draw parallels between her story and the progress of racial equality in the US in general.
She said, 'We have come a long way toward perfecting our union. In my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the Supreme Court of the United States'.
With those words, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson acknowledged both the struggles and progress of Black Americans in her lifetime.
“I have now achieved something far beyond anything my grandparents could have possibly ever imagined,” Jackson said, noting they had gained only grade-school educations before starting their family and later sending their children to racially segregated schools.