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Read the opening remarks Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson prepared to read on Monday, the first day of her Supreme Court nomination hearing.

Read the opening remarks Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson prepared to read on Monday, the first day of her Supreme Court nomination hearing.

Read the opening statement from Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at the first day of her Supreme Court nomination Senate hearing.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — If confirmed as its first Black woman justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson would add not only racial and gender diversity to the U.S. Supreme Court but would also

History was made Monday the instant Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court. Here are some takeaways from the first day of her hearing.

She comes from a family of law enforcement but is related to a convicted felon. The first black woman to be named to the Supreme Court also acted alongside Matt Damon in university.

"My parents taught me that, unlike the many barriers that they had to face growing up, my path was clearer, such that if I worked hard and believed in myself, in America I could do anything or be anything I wanted to be."

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If confirmed as its first Black woman justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson would add not only racial and gender di...

Jackson's four-day Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing starts on Monday. A simple majority vote in needed in the Senate to confirm Jackson to the lifetime post. She has won three prior Senate confirmation votes for other jobs.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who would be the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, will face senators on Monday. Here’s a look at her career.