Ketanji Brown Jackson

Black + Iconic: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Howard University junior Kennedi notes how critical to our history the elevation of the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court has been.
02/09/2024
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Black + Iconic with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: HBCU Students Celebrate the Best of Black History

A Howard University student explains how Ketanji Brown Jackson’s amazing work ethic and career trajectory led to her becoming a Supreme Court justice. 
01/26/2024

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Urges Educators to Teach Nation’s History Of Racism

She warned that the erasure of Black history leads to "complacency and ignorance.”
09/19/2023

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Has Street Named After Her In Hometown

“People from here as elsewhere, really can follow their dreams,” Justice Jackson said.
03/07/2023

Ketanji Brown Jackson Pens Rare Post-Execution Dissent After Missouri Executes Kevin Johnson

A special prosecutor alleged racial bias against Johnson’s prosecutor who was also involved in the Michael Brown case in Ferguson, Mo.
12/02/2022
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Black Twitter Disturbed By ‘Jeopardy!’ Contestants Who Have No Clue Who Ketanji Brown Jackson Is

She's the first Black woman appointed to the Supreme Court.
11/11/2022

Black Twitter Disturbed By ‘Jeopardy!’ Contestants Who Have No Clue Who Ketanji Brown Jackson Is

She recently made history as the first Black woman appointed to the Supreme Court.
11/10/2022

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Issues Her First Supreme Court Opinion

The high court refused to hear a death row case.
11/08/2022

Biden And Harris Will Attend Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Investiture Ceremony

The high court’s next term starts Monday.
09/30/2022

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Sit On case Involving Race-Based College Admissions

The future of affirmative action will be up for debate next term.
07/26/2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson Becomes 104th Associate Justice Of The U.S. Supreme Court

The first Black woman enters the high court’s bench at a time of controversial rulings, but she will write important opinions of her own in the fall.
06/30/2022