US EditionJustice Jackson urges Americans to confront 'uncomfortable lessons' about race
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson emphasizes the importance of acknowledging and learning from historical atrocities to prevent their repetition.
- The speech coincides with controversy surrounding the teaching of history in schools, particularly in Florida, where restrictions have been placed on educational efforts regarding racism, slavery, and LGBTQ rights.
- Jackson's speech reflects her dissent on the court's ruling on affirmative action policies and highlights the tragic bombing in 1963 that resulted in the deaths of four girls, serving as a catalyst for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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US Must Face Tough Lessons on Race, Supreme Court’s Jackson Says
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who last year became the first Black woman on the US Supreme Court, said the country must confront “uncomfortable lessons” from its long history of racial violence and discrimination.
Ketanji Brown Jackson says ‘discomfort’ must not prevent teaching Black history
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned Friday that the nation can’t waver from teaching Black history as she marked the 60th anniversary of an Alabama church bombing that killed four Black girls. “If we’re going to continue to move forward as a nation, we cannot allow concerns about discomfort to displace knowledge, truth or…
US Supreme Court's Jackson urges nation's history of racism to be taught
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday called for a commitment to remember and teach the history of racism and violence in the United States as she commemorated the deaths of four Black girls killed by white supremacists in a Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing.
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