I watched anxiously as President Joe Biden approached the podium flanked by two Black women. President Biden was about to make history — yet again. With Vice President Kamala Harris by his side, the first woman of color to serve in the role, the announcement that was weeks in the making was finally spoken into existence. Within minutes of their entrance into the grand hall, a commitment that was over 200 years in the making was official. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman nominee for a seat on the United States Supreme Court.
Author Archives: Anita Hill
Anita Hill is a professor at Brandeis University. She is chair of the Hollywood Commission, host of the "Getting Even" podcast, and author of "Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to Ending Gender Violence."