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It’s only been a month since Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, but she’s already been honored with one of America’s more quirky traditions: a bobblehead in her likeness.
The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee unveiled the bobblehead of Jackson on Friday.
“We are excited to release this bobblehead of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson,” Phil Sklar, the organization’s co-founder and CEO, said in a statement. “When the Senate voted to confirm Judge Jackson, history was made. We celebrate the momentous day in the 233-year history of the Supreme Court.”
The bobblehead shows Jackson smiling in her judge’s robes, with her name printed on the attached base. Her arms are down with her hands clasped in the middle as she stands in front of a mini U.S. Supreme Court building.
Jackson joins former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Justice Amy Coney Barrett who are already in the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame’s collection.
The organization also announced 16 additional Supreme Court justice bobbleheads: Samuel Alito, Stephen Breyer, Neil Gorsuch, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, Anthony Kennedy, Thurgood Marshall, Sandra Day O’Connor, William Rehnquist, John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, David Souter, John Paul Stevens, Clarence Thomas and Earl Warren.
Whether you have one sitting on your desk at the office or on a bookshelf at home, bobbleheads represent our heroes, whether real or fictional, or the current moment in time, often with references to pop culture.
“A good bobblehead captures a moment in time or a memory or has a detail that ties into kind of a bigger story of what’s going on or a viral moment,” Chris Fryar, the co-president & owner of Alexander Global Promotions, told NPR. “It’s a piece of art, but it’s a toy and it’s fun and it’s a little tongue in cheek and it’s a little light-hearted. I don’t think anybody can be really offended by a bobblehead.”
The bobblehead of Jackson is on sale now for $30 each. Orders are expected to ship in September. The bobbleheads of the remaining justices are also $30 and expected to ship in December.
Written by: NPR
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Elizabeth Eden Harris, known professionally as Cupcakke, is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. She is known for her hypersexualised, brazen, and often comical persona
Elizabeth Eden Harris, known professionally as Cupcakke, is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. She is known for her hypersexualised, brazen, and often comical persona and music although she has also made songs with themes supporting LGBTQ rights, female empowerment, and autism awareness.
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Acclaimed GRAMMY-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello makes her Blue Note Records debut with the June 16 release of The Omnichord Real Book, a visionary
Acclaimed GRAMMY-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello makes her Blue Note Records debut with the June 16 release of The Omnichord Real Book, a visionary and deeply jazz-influenced album that marks the start of a new chapter in her trailblazing career. Following her 2018 covers album Ventriloquism, Meshell returns with an album of new original material that taps into a broad spectrum of her musical roots. The Omnichord Real Book was produced by Josh Johnson and features a wide range of guest artists including Jason Moran, Ambrose Akinmusire, Joel Ross, Jeff Parker, Brandee Younger, Julius Rodriguez, Mark Guiliana, Cory Henry, Joan As Police Woman, Thandiswa, and others.
The Omnichord Real Book is introduced today by the expansive lead single “Virgo,” the mind-altering 8-minute centerpiece of the album which features Meshell on vocals, key bass, and keyboards, Younger on harp, Rodriguez on Farfisa organ, Chris Bruce on guitar, Jebin Bruni on keyboards, drums by Abe Rounds, Deantoni Parks, and Andrya Ambro, and additional vocals by Kenita Miller and Marsha DeBoe. The Omnichord Real Book is available for pre-order now on Blue Note Store exclusive color vinyl, black vinyl, CD, and digital.
“It’s a little bit of all of me, my travels, my life,” says Meshell. “My first record I made at 22, and it’s over 30 years from then, so I have a lot of stored information to share.” Reflecting on the impact that the forced stillness of the pandemic lockdown had on her, she says “I must admit it was a beautiful time for me. I got to really sit and reacquaint myself with music. Music is a gift.”
“This album is about the way we see old things in new ways,” Meshell explains. “Everything moved so quickly when my parents died. Changed my view of everything and myself in the blink of an eye. As I sifted through the remains of their life together, I found my first Real Book, the one my father gave me. I took their records, the ones I grew up hearing, learning, remembering. My mother gifted me with her ache, I carry the melancholy that defined her experience and, in turn, my experience of this thing called life calls me to disappear into my imagination and to hear the music.”
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