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.
Presenting Who HQ Now: an exciting addition to the #1 New York Times
Best-Selling Who Was? series!
Born in 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 serve on the U.S. District Court in 2013 and the 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.
Learn more about Ketanji Brown Jackson's story in this addition to the
New York Times bestselling series.