If Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, it will mark a crucial representation milestone, especially for Black girls who seldom see prominent female leaders who look like them.
For Black girls, the possibility of Jackson being the first Black woman on the Supreme Court is a moment of promise, hope and the breaking of yet another barrier.
In 2013, as she watched President Barack Obama’s second inauguration, 7-year-old Veronica Bofah decided she wanted to be just like him. She would go to Harvard and one day be president, too. Nine years later, the memories are fuzzy, but she remembers everyone around her pointing to Barack and Michelle Obama as the power couple…