Today, the White House celebrated the historic nature of Justice-designate Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation as the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court in its 233-year history. During a celebration Friday afternoon, President Biden called it “a moment of real change in American history” as he basked in a moment that has energized his party’s base. Jackson, meanwhile, cited poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou when marking the importance of her confirmation: “I am the dream and the hope of the slave.”
Jackson also noted that it had taken 115 previous appointments before a Black woman was confirmed to the court, and declared, “We’ve made it.” She thanked God and long list of friends, family and colleagues. Vice President Harris, the first Black woman to hold her job, also joined the celebration, saying Jackson would “inspire generations of leaders.”
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