Jackson was active in speech and debate. Her college essay said she wanted to be a Supreme Court justice and her yearbook listed her goal as a federal judge. The Springfield Public Forum talk featured United States Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown ...

Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson at a Supreme Court hearing on whether Louisiana congressional districts are racially gerrymandered. SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: I guess I'm thinking of it, of the fact that ...

President Biden officially named Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his choice for the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday afternoon. If confirmed, she will be the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court. Norah O'Donnell anchors CBS News Special ...

Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to be a U.S. Supreme Court justice, sold out uptown Charlotte’s Carolina Theater on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. She and Charlotte’s first Black mayor, Harvey B. Gantt, spoke about her memoir, “Lovely One.”

WASHINGTON — When Ketanji Brown Jackson's younger daughter was 11, she drafted a letter to the president suggesting her federal judge-mom for a vacancy on the Supreme Court. “Dear Mr. President," Leila Jackson wrote. “She's determined, honest and ...