Ketanji Brown Jackson
Tuesday, September 03, 2024 at 07:30pm
Apollo Theater
The Apollo's Historic Theater
253 West 125th Street
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson kicks off her memoir, Lovely One, on the most iconic stage in the world. Don’t miss this history-making event as the first Black woman elected to the United States Supreme Court shares the wisdom behind her incredible career and journey to the Supreme Court.
A limited number of signed books will be available with ticket purchase. Select Book + Ticket to purchase a book and ticket bundle.
In Conversation: Ketanji Brown Jackson is part of The Apollo’s Fall/Winter 2024 season.
About Lovely One:
In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States chronicles her extraordinary life story. With this unflinching account, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson invites readers into her life and world, tracing her family’s ascent from segregation to herconfirmation on America’s highest court within the span of one generation.
Named “Ketanji Onyika,” meaning “Lovely One,” based on a suggestion from her aunt, a Peace Corps worker stationed in West Africa, Justice Jackson learned from her educator parents to take pride in her heritage since birth. Here, Justice Jackson pulls back the curtain, marrying the public record of her life with what is less known. She reveals what it takes to advance in the legal profession when most people in power don’t look like you, and to reconcile a demanding career with the joys and sacrifices of marriage and motherhood. Through trials and triumphs, Justice Jackson’s journey will resonate with dreamers everywhere, especially those who nourish outsized ambitions and refuse to be turned aside. This moving, openhearted tale will spread hope for a more just world, for generations to come.
The Apollo’s In Conversation Series:
The Apollo’s In Conversation series amplifies the voices of artists and thought leaders and explores the African American and African diasporic narrative. Past In Conversation artists and panels have included Joy Ann Reid, Rachel Maddow, Fat Joe, John Legend, Black Thought, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Oprah Winfrey, Chadwick Boseman, Edward Enninful, Lupita Nyong’o and more.
Doors Open: 6:30PM
