Urban Life Experience Book Discussion Series

  Book Discussion May 16, 2026   Jackson, Ketanji Brown: Lovely One: a Memoir 2024   The title Lovely One is the English translation of Justice Jackson’s African name: Katanji Onyika. Justice Jackson is the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Her autobiography is a true autobiography, describing her grandparents, her parents, and she and her brothe r growing up.   She goes into great detail about her school years on the Debate Team and the visits to her grandparents' house fo llowing church services on Sundays. She describes her college life at Harvard , her years in musical theatre and performance oration, and the many jobs in the legal profession . It also chronicles her family life as an adult with a husband and two children.      Only five of us met this time, there seemed to be a lot of family obligations/celebrations going on this weekend, since it’s graduation season and class reunion season .    One of our regular...