Ketanji Brown Jackson: From "Most Likely to Succeed" to the Supreme Court
Table of Contents Lovely One A Bright Future 4 6 Star Student A Budding Career Big Nomination 8 12 14 Making History 16 Diversity in the Court 18 A Role Model 20 Big Dates in Ketanji's Life 22 Words to Know 23 Index 24 3
4 Lovely One Ketanji Onyika Brown was born on September 14 1970 in Washington D.C. Ketanji keh-THAN-jee means lovely one in Swahili an African language Her parents both schoolteachers wanted their daughter's name to represent their African ancestry
Ketanji's parents grew up during a time when Black people did not have the same rights as white people There were laws that required Blacks and whites to be segregated separated in schools and in many public places Those laws were removed by the end of the 1960s 5
