Who Is Ketanji Brown Jackson?

<b>Discover how a young girl who was the star of her school's debate team became a federal jurist and the first Black woman to sit on the United States Supreme Court.<br><br>Presenting Who HQ Now: an exciting addition to the #1 <i>New York Times</i> Best-Selling Who Was? series!</b><br><br>Born in&#160;Washington DC in 1970 and raised in Miami Florida Ketanji Brown Jackson developed an interest in law and politics at an early age. As a preschooler she sat with her father and watched him complete his law school assignments. And even though some people including a school guidance counselor discouraged Ketanji from aiming high she proved them wrong and graduated with honors from Harvard Law School. She went on to&#160;serve on the U.S. District Court in 2013 and the&#160;United States Court of Appeals in 2021 before making history and becoming the first Black woman to be confirmed to the United States Supreme Court in 2022.<br><br>Learn more about Ketanji Brown Jackson's story in this addition to the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling series.