About this Event
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will share her life and world, tracing her family's ascent from segregation to her confirmation on America's highest court within the span of one generation. Through trials and triumphs, Justice Jackson's journey will resonate with dreamers everywhere, especially those who nourish outsized ambitions and refuse to be turned aside. Her moving, openhearted tale will spread hope for a more just world, for generations to come.
Ketanji Brown Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Miami, Florida. She received her undergraduate and law degrees, both with honors, from Harvard University, then served as a law clerk for three federal judges, including Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States. Jackson subsequently practiced law in the private sector, worked as an attorney and later as Vice Chair and Commissioner of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and served as an assistant federal public defender. In 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Jackson to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Elevated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2021, Jackson made history in 2022 when President Joseph Biden nominated her as an Associate Justice. The first Black woman ever confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States, she took her seat on June 30, 2022.
Like all Forum events, this talk is free to the public, but for this event ONLY, pre-registration will be required for EACH individual attending. Pre-signed copies of the Justice's memoir are available for purchase, but a book purchase is not required to attend and a free book with $60+ Membership will not apply for this event.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Symphony Hall, 34 Court Street, Springfield, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 25.14
