Ketanji Brown Jackson Speaks For 1st Time Since Historic Confirmation

She will become the 116th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court when she takes the bench after Justice Stephen Breyer retires in June.

In a jubilant White House ceremony Friday, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson acknowledged her place in history as the first Black woman ever confirmed to the nation's highest court.  

"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," Jackson said.

Jackson, soon to be the nation's first Black female justice, told an enthusiastic crowd on the White House South Lawn that her successful confirmation is not just a victory for one person or party, but the entire country.