Tearful Ketanji Brown Jackson celebrates with Biden at White House: 'We've made it'
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She spoke about soon becoming the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
President Joe Biden on Friday celebrated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic confirmation to the Supreme Court at the White House, with a tearful Jackson delivering a powerful message in perseverance.
"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, clutching tissues tightly. "We've made it -- all of us. All of us. And our children are telling me that they see now more than ever that here in America, anything is possible."
She said she hopes her ascension to the court is a moment in which all Americans can take great pride.
"The path was cleared for me, so that I might rise to this occasion, and in the poetic words of Dr. Maya Angelou, I do so now while 'bringing the gifts my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave,'" she said.
