Dunbar alumni say the school had a supportive atmosphere that helped students succeed but as a segregated school it still divided people from a full share of life’s opportunities.
Judge, soon to be Justice Katanji Brown Jackson, is a symbol of African Americans achievement. But she’s talked about how she is one step removed from the segregation her parents experienced when they went to school.
So to a Dunbar alumnus like Barbara Lewis seeing a black woman rise to the U.S. Supreme Court is a big moment. University of Arizona Law Professor Shefali Milczarek-Desai says Judge Jackson becoming Supreme Court Justice Jackson may inspire others to follow law not just because she is a woman of color, but also because she rose to the court from a modest middle class background. But she says a judge must not allow her background to influence how she applies the law.
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