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Ketanji Brown Jackson and the color blind society of Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Written by Bev-Freda Jackson, Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, American University School of Public Affairs
imageU.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson in a US Senate office on March 29, 2022.Alex Wong/Getty Images

U.S. Sen. Chuck E. Grassley had a question for Ketanji Brown Jackson during her confirmation hearings to be the first African American woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Grassley, the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wanted...

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