About this Event
We are making history with this one... literally!
Join us as we welcome Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson - the first Black woman ever appointed to the United States Supreme Court - and celebrate the release of her new memoir, Lovely One.
Be there for an incredible discussion covering the incredible, life and change-making career of Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Have a question for the Justice? Submit your question here and you might get a chance to hear your question answered.
The first 500 admission + book ticket holders will be guaranteed a signed copy of Lovely One!
Don't miss out on a historic event.
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About the Book:
In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States chronicles her extraordinary life story.
With this unflinching account, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson invites readers into 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.
Named “Ketanji Onyika,” meaning “Lovely One,” based on a suggestion from her aunt, a Peace Corps worker stationed in West Africa, Justice Jackson learned from her educator parents to take pride in her heritage since birth. She describes her resolve as a young girl to honor this legacy and realize her dreams: from hearing stories of her grandparents and parents breaking barriers in the segregated South, to honing her voice in high school as an oratory champion and student body president, to graduating magna cum laude from Harvard, where she performed in musical theater and improv and participated in pivotal student organizations.
Here, Justice Jackson pulls back the curtain, marrying the public record of her life with what is less known. She reveals what it takes to advance in the legal profession when most people in power don’t look like you, and to reconcile a demanding career with the joys and sacrifices of marriage and motherhood.
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. This moving, openhearted tale will spread hope for a more just world, for generations to come.
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Doors open at 4:00pm.
Street and private parking available. Wheelchair accessible entrance also available.
All tickets are non-refundable
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church (East), 2800 West Cheltenham Avenue, Philadelphia, United States
USD 11.98 to USD 40.79