All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

Narrated by: Carole Boston Weatherford

Multi award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford delivers a message of perseverance, dignity, and honor in this audiobook biography of Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

Whatever she did, wherever she was, Ketanji Brown Jackson rose to the top.

From the time their daughter was born, Ketanji Brown’s parents taught her that if she worked hard and believed in herself, she could do anything. As a child, Ketanji focused on her studies and excelled, eventually graduating from Harvard Law School.

Years later, in 2016, when she was a federal judge, a seat opened on the United States Supreme Court. In a letter to then-President Barack Obama, Leila Jackson made a case for her mother—Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Although the timing didn’t work out then, it did in 2022, when President Joe Biden nominated her. At her confirmation, Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black female Supreme Court justice in the United States.

Lyrical text by renowned author Carole Boston Weatherford makes this an inspirational and timely listen.

Critic reviews

★ “Warmly illustrated and beautifully told.” –School Library Journal, starred review

"A distinctly purposeful profile." –Kirkus Reviews

"A gripping biography."–Booklist

"It’s an inspiring biography focused on rising above challenges." –Publishers Weekly