Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday called on the nation to accept some of the ugliest truths in its history as she confronted the debates roiling the country about racism and violence against Black Americans.
“If we’re going to continue to move forward as a nation we cannot allow concerns about discomfort to displace knowledge, truth or history,” Justice Jackson told a crowd of hundreds.
“It is certainly the case that parts of this country’s story can be hard to think about.
I know that atrocities like the one we’re memorializing today are difficult to remember and relive.
“We cannot forget because we cannot learn from past mistakes we do not know exist.”
Persons:
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Justice Jackson, ” Justice Jackson, ”
Organizations:
Black, Sixteenth, Baptist Church, Ku Klux, Sunday, ”
Locations:
Birmingham, Alabama