Social Justice Task Force Heritage Book Club Discussion Group

SOCIAL JUSTICE TASK FORCE HERITAGE BOOK CLUB PRESENTS THE SELECTION FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH:

LOVELY ONE
BY KETANJI BROWN JACKSON

For the start of the second year of the Social Justice Task Force Heritage Book Club, the membership is invited to read this inspiring autobiography of the newest Supreme Court Justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson.

On Sunday, February 23rd @11am via zoom join for a discussion of this compelling book:

From the publishers website:

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her “vulnerable, tender, and infinitely inspirational” (Oprah Daily) memoir, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States chronicles her extraordinary life story. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR With this unflinching account, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson invites readers into her life and world, tracing her family’s ascent from segregation to her confirmation on America’s highest court within the span of one generation. Named “Ketanji Onyika,” meaning “Lovely One,” based on a suggestion from her aunt, a Peace Corps worker stationed in West Africa, Justice Jackson learned from her educator parents to take pride in her heritage since birth. She describes her resolve as a young girl to honor this legacy and realize her dreams: from hearing stories of her grandparents and parents breaking barriers in the segregated South, to honing her voice in high school as an oratory champion and student body president, to graduating magna cum laude from Harvard, where she performed in musical theater and improv and participated in pivotal student organizations. Here, Justice Jackson pulls back the curtain, marrying the public record of her life with what is less known. She reveals what it takes to advance in the legal profession when most people in power don’t look like you, and to reconcile a demanding career with the joys and sacrifices of marriage and motherhood. Through trials and triumphs, Justice Jackson’s journey will resonate with dreamers everywhere, especially those who nourish outsized ambitions and refuse to be turned aside. This moving, openhearted tale will spread hope for a more just world, for generations to come.

DATE: Sunday February 23rd
TIME: 11 am
PLACE: Zoom Discussion (please register below)

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/dGKC2qLATMmafL14MtE_nA