Writers Bloc and The Ebell of Los Angeles Present
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and Angela Bassett
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
7:30pm
The Ebell of Los Angeles
4401 W 8th St., Los Angeles, CA 90005
General Admission Ticket No Book: $35
Really Special Deal: General Admission Ticket
& 1 Signed Copy of Lovely One: $65
(Quantities Limited)
In partnership with Reparations Club
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From the publisher: In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States chronicles her extraordinary life story.
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.
Angela Bassett is a celebrated actress known for her powerful performances across film, television, and theater. She gained widespread acclaim for her portrayals of iconic figures and characters such as Tina Turner in What’s Love Got to Do with It, Bernadine in Waiting To Exhale, Queen Ramonda in Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and the ABC hit drama, 9-1-1. to name a few. Bassett has earned numerous recognitions for her work, including DGA, BAFTA, SAG, Critics Choice, Golden Globe and NAACP Image Awards. Bassett received an Honorary Oscar in tribute to her extraordinary cannon of work and she’s been nominated for two Academy Awards. She recently won her first Emmy for Outstanding Narrator for the Nat Geo docu-series QUEENS. Beyond her acting career, she is known for her advocacy in various social and humanitarian causes and is co-founder of Bassett Vance Productions with her husband, actor Courtney B. Vance.
We thank the Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles.
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