President
2020
Ketanji Brown Jackson made history as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court
Related: Ketanji Brown Jackson schooled GOP senator who ranted about gay marriageUpon her nomination, a statement from the Biden administration called Jackson “one of the nation’s brightest legal minds.”Kim Tignor, the executive director of She Will Rise, an organization launched in 2020 devoted to electing a Black woman to the Supreme Court, spoke on MSNBC today about the meaning of this moment.“It’s joy, it’s relief. It is such a moment,” Tignor said.