President Joe Biden fulfilled a campaign promise to nominate a Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court by choosing Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace outgoing justice Stephen Breyer.
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The nation then watched as Jackson sat through aggressive questioning during her confirmation hearings.
With more than 200 years of history behind us, why is our nation and our Supreme Court still celebrating firsts such as Jackson's nomination?
"The fact that we're still making history says a lot. I don't think that history is about what Black women are doing or have done," said Dr. Treva B. Lindsey of the Ohio State University's Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. "It's about how entrenched systemic inequities are that it would take so long for there to be this important moment."
This week on "Connect the Dots," we spoke with Dr. Lindsey, who is also the author of "Colored No More: Reinventing Black Womanhood in Washington, D.C." We also heard from professor Rory Little of the UC Hastings College of Law in San Francisco.
Listen to hear discussion on Jackson's historic nomination, her confirmation hearings and what it could mean for diversity and representation in our federal government going forward.
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