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Presenting Lovely One: A Memoir with Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Presenting Lovely One: A Memoir with Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

  • Special Event
October 12 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

National Archives, William G. McGowan Theater

701 Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20002
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This event is a live taping of New York Public Radio’s nationally syndicated podcast, Notes From America With Kai Wright.

Host Kai Wright and Justice Jackson talk one-on-one about her new memoir, Lovely One, an unflinching account of her life and world, tracing her family’s ascent from segregation to her confirmation on America’s highest court as the first Black justice within the span of one generation.

Notes From America With Kai Wright is a show about the unfinished business of our history and its grip on our future. New episodes air on Sundays at 6:00 PM EST on wnycstudios.org and via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Amazon Music.

Special Guest: List Kai Wright + Justice Jackson

Ticket Price: Free with RSVP

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  • Special Guest

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Special Guest
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed in 2022. She is the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court.
  • Host

Kai Wright

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