Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman ever confirmed to the United States Supreme Court, has said her appointment marks a “moment in which all Americans can take great pride” – but one that holds special significance given the country’s history of slavery and segregation.
During a ceremony at the White House alongside President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday, Jackson quoted US poet Maya Angelou’s famous, Still I Rise, poem, saying: “I am the dream and the hope of the slave.”
