An Oriki Tribute to Ketanji Brown Jackson, the First Black Woman Supreme Court Justice

There is now a Black woman sitting in the highest court of the land and her name is Ketanji Brown Jackson. Appointed by President Joe Biden, Justice Brown Jackson is now holding a gavel, as the first Black woman to sit in that position. We welcome her with this oriki!

Ketanji of House Brown Jackson
First of her name
Majestic Melanated Magistrate
Brilliant Barrister of the Bench
Great Guardian of the Gavel
Loc-rocking Liege of Law
Noble Nubian Negotiator
Capable Countess of Courts
Omnicompetent Officer of Order
Exemplar of Earnest Equity
Advocate of Affecting Action
Presiding Priestess of the Poised Platform
Quintessential Qualified Queen!

The first Black woman to ever serve on the Supreme Court of the United States is here! 🙌🏾 🙌🏾 🙌🏾

Any Black woman who has smashed through glass ceilings might smile at the top, but she’s probably nursing the wounds of the shards of glass that remain in her skin. The thousand paper cuts of microaggressions. The over-proving our worth to people who underperform their humanity. The countless times we’ve been overlooked, undervalued and over-punished.

This is HERSTORY. 🤎

We see you, SCOTUS Justice #KetanjiBrownJackson. We might not know all the battles it took for you to get here, but we thank you for your fights and for the victories. Warriors win. 👏🏾