'We've made it — all of us.' Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, embraces historic moment. Full coverage here.
WASHINGTON — Tearfully embracing a history-making American moment, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court showed the progress of America, declaring, ″We’ve made it — all of us."
Jackson delivered emotional remarks on the sunny White House South Lawn a day after the Senate approved her nomination, saying, it was a moment the entire country could be proud of. “We have come a long way toward perfecting our union," she said."In my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the Supreme Court of the United States.”
President Joe Biden, who made his own history by nominating her, stood by her side for Friday's event, celebrating her confirmation as “a moment of real change in American history.” On her other side: Vice President Kamala Harris, the first Black woman to attain her high office.
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