Ketanji Brown Jackson: First Black Woman on the US Supreme Court

Ketanji Brown Jackson: First Black Woman on the US Supreme Court — page 7
reading and writing She enjoyed public speaking from an early age In first grade she won a contest at a youth fair for reciting For My People a poem about Black courage by Margaret Walker Ketanji's mother became the principal of a public magnet high school a school with a specialized curriculum Her father became the chief attorney for the Miami Dade school board Both were successful and had grown up battling racism They wanted their daughter to believe she could do anything and be anything she wanted to be Jackson's brother left and parents watch her confirmation hearing