WASHINGTON - Tearfully embracing a history-making moment for the nation, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court showed the progress of America, declaring, ″We’ve made it — all of us."Jackson delivered emotional remarks on the sunny White House South Lawn a day after the Senate approved her nomination, saying it was a moment in which the entire country could be proud."We have come a long way toward perfecting our union," she said. "In my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the Supreme Court of the United States."RELATED: Ketanji Brown Jackson: Supreme Court pick defends record during senators' questioningShe added: "It has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for a Black woman to be selected to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.
But we’ve made it. We’ve made it, all of us."Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, April 8, 2022.
Jackson was confirmed yesterday to the U.S. Supreme Court, making history as the first Black woman to ever It was a moment 46 days — and more than two centuries — in the making.
Jackson, who was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday, will take the bench later this year in place of retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.