A photo collage with a portrait of Ketanji Brown Jackson standing and wearing a black suit on the left and on the right is a portrait of Ava DuVernay in a black outfit. The book cover of Lovely One is in the middle. The book cover shows Brown Jackson wearing a yellow blazer and a white top.

2ND EVENT ADDED! September 17, 2024: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and Ava DuVernay
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A photo collage with a portrait of Ketanji Brown Jackson standing and wearing a black suit on the left and on the right is a portrait of Ava DuVernay in a black outfit. The book cover of Lovely One is in the middle. The book cover shows Brown Jackson wearing a yellow blazer and a white top.

Writers Bloc and The Ebell of Los Angeles Present

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and Ava DuVernay

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

3:00PM – Matinee

(DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND THIS IS A NEW 2ND EVENT)

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

Limited signed books will be available

In partnership with Reparations Club

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HEALTH & SAFETY: WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WEAR A FACE MASK WHILE INDOORS FOR OUR EVENTS. THANK YOU.

FOR SECURITY REASONS, NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR. ALL TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE. NO PURSES, BACKPACKS, OR BRIEFCASES ALLOWED. YOU MAY ONLY BRING IN CLEAR PLASTIC BAGS, NOT TO EXCEED 12″X12″X6″. ALL CONTENTS MUST BE VISIBLE FROM THE OUTSIDE. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ENTRANCE TO ANYONE.

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.

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s feature work includes the Academy Award-winning historical drama “Selma”; the Academy Award-nominated criminal justice documentary “13th”; the Sundance Best Director Award win for her micro-budgeted romance “Middle of Nowhere”; and Disney’s “A Wrinkle In Time,” which made her the highest-grossing Black woman director in American box office history. In 2019, her four-part television series “When They See Us” was honored with 16 Emmy nominations. DuVernay’s critically acclaimed TV series “Queen Sugar”is the longest-running Black family drama series by a Black woman creator in American television history.

DuVernay amplifies films by people of color and women of all kinds through her nonprofit narrative change collective ARRAY, which is the winner of the Peabody Institutional Award. The filmmaker sits on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences representing the director’s branch. She is a vice president of the Directors Guild of America and an advisory board member of the American Film Institute. DuVernay has previously served on the juries of Cannes Film Festival and Mumbai Film Festival. She is based in Los Angeles. (Bio courtesy of The California Museum.)

We thank the Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles.

No refunds on tickets or books. Books must be picked up on the night of the program.

Parking available in adjacent lots or there is street parking (please read signs).

No bags of any kind will be allowed into the event, with the exclusion of clear bags no larger that 12″ x 12″ x 16″. 

A valid ID is required to attend. Accepted forms of identification include state-issued ID or Driver’s License, valid non-expired US Government or Military ID, or an official passport.

We reserve the right to refuse entrance to anyone.

If you need ADA accommodations, please reach out to Amelia Comer at amelia@ebellofla.org for ticket purchase.

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