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Discover how a young girl who was the star of her schools 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 BestSelling Who Was series

Born inWashington 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 toserve on the US District Court in 2013 and theUnited 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 Jacksons story in this addition to the New York Times bestselling series