Ketanji Brown Jackson fought back tears at times as she stood on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday and declared, “We’ve made it,” in her first public comments after the Senate confirmed her as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
At an event with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and numerous Democratic lawmakers in attendance, Jackson thanked a long list of people who helped her on the road from federal public defender to federal trial and appellate judge, and soon to a seat on the country’s high court.
“It has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for a Black woman to be selected to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. But we’ve made it,” Jackson said, nodding as the crowd applauded. “We’ve made it. All of us. All of us.”
