Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has street in Miami-Dade County named for her

Supreme Courtroom Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson could have a road named after her the place she was raised in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Jackson made historical past final yr when she was sworn into the nation’s highest court docket, turning into the primary Black lady to carry a seat on the bench. She was raised in Miami the place she attended highschool and took part in debate tournaments.

“I hope that this road naming will even function a testomony to what’s attainable on this nice nation,” Jackson mentioned at a ceremony Monday.. “I hope that people who find themselves driving by might need a second of reflection about what it signifies that an individual from this neighborhood and somebody from my background might take what this place has to supply and be well-equipped sufficient to then exit into the world and do what it takes to not solely grow to be the primary Black lady to serve on the Supreme Courtroom of the USA – but in addition the primary former public defender – and the primary affiliate justice who’s from the good state of Florida.”

Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners, sponsored the laws to call a road after Jackson.

“As a mom, lawyer, public servant and lady of colour, the Justice is an inspiration, to say the very least. It’s my absolute honor to acknowledge the Justice and to take action throughout Girls’s Historical past month,” she mentioned in a press release. “It isn’t simply her accomplishments, it is usually her character. Whereas most of us won’t ever close to any of her accomplishments many people can actually relate to her story,” Higgins mentioned of Jackson whereas giving an emotional recollection of Jackson’s profession and life.

The Commissioner additionally acknowledged Jackson’s mother and father, who had been in attendance on the ceremony, saying they, “Taught the significance of training and exhausting work but in addition to like your nation even when your nation didn’t love you again.”