Fresh Air Weekend: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; Author Danzy Senna
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Fresh Air Weekend: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; Author Danzy Senna

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Fresh Air Weekend: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; Author Danzy Senna toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, as well as new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, and it often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shares the poem she's kept in every one of her offices: The first Black woman appointed to the Supreme Court says Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "The Ladder of Saint Augustine," has been a guiding principle. 'I want to write myself into existence,' says 'Colored Television' author: Danzy Senna was born in 1970, just a few years after Loving v. Virginia legalized interracial marriage.

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shares the poem she's kept in every one of her offices
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shares the poem she's kept in every one of her offices

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shares the poem she's kept in every one of her offices toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images In every office she's ever had, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has kept a copy of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "The Ladder of Saint Augustine." "One of the things I discovered very early on was how few of my …

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