Ketanji Brown Jackson gifted with Florida street in ‘a community that has given me so much’

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson The ceremony that marked the renaming a street in Miami-Dade County near her childhood home was a fitting tribute to her. Florida.

“It was while I was studying and competing and growing up here in this community that I gained self-confidence in the face of challenges,” Jackson made the remarks during his 40-minute speech to Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center. “I learned how to lean in, in spite of obstacles, to work hard to be resilient, to strive for excellence, and to believe in myself and what I could do if given the opportunity.”

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Jackson was appointed last year by President Joe Biden to succeed Justice Stephen BreyerAccording to, having her own name is a good idea. “so prominently displayed on a street in a community that has given me so much” It is an amazing honor. She also said that it was a great reminder. “what is possible in this great country.”

“I hope that people who are driving by might have a moment of reflection about what it means that a person from this neighborhood and someone from my background could take what this place has to offer and be well-equipped enough to then go out into the world and do what it takes to not only become the first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States — but also the first former public defender — and the first associate justice who is from the great state of Florida,” Jackson stated.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Street, which is now Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Street, can be found in suburban neighborhoods known for being home to peacocks that roam through the streets and rest in oak trees. Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., but her father, Johnny Brown, started working in the Miami-Dade County Schools Board as a lawyer in 1983. Ellery Brown was her mother and an educator.

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