PLANNED ATTACK ON THE U.S. CAPITOL. HE LED THE NORTH CAROLINA CHAPTER OF THE PROUD
BOYS.
>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND
VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS
CELEBRATED THE HISTORIC
CONFIRMATION OF JUDGE KETANJI
BROWN JACKSON TO THE SUPREME
COURT. IT WAS A MOMENT. 46
DAYS AND MORE THAN 2 CENTURIES
IN THE MAKING JUDGE JACKSON
WILL BE THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN
TO TAKE A SEAT ON THE SUPREME
COURT. PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE
ABOUT IT TODAY.
>> THIS IS GOING TO LET SO
MUCH SHINED. SUNSHINE ON SO
MANY YOUNG WOMEN. SO MANY
YOUNG LIVES. SO ARE. THAT IS
REALLY. READ.
>> LOOK BACK NOT TO DO. IT MAY
REMEMBER BACK AND SEE. THIS IS
A MOMENT OF REAL CHANGE IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.
>> WITH THE CONFIRMATION OF
JACKSON TO THE SUPREME COURT,
MANY WOMEN COULDN’T HELP BUT
NOTICE HER HAIRSTYLE. THE
JUDGE WEARS SISTER LOCKS NEWS
4 JAX REPORTER MARILYN PARKER
JOINING US LIVE AFTER SPEAKING
WITH LOCKS SPECIALIST
MARYLAND, THE STYLUS. WE’RE
EXCITED TO SEE SOMEONE WHO
LOOKS LIKE THEIR CLIENTS
SERVING IN SUCH A PRESTIGIOUS
ROLE.
>> THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, THE
LOCK STYLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN
PERCEIVED IN THE BEST LIGHT
FOR BLACK WOMAN AND THAT BLACK
MEN. BUT THE LOCK SPECIALIST I
SPOKE WITH HERE LOCALLY SAYS
THAT THE JUDGE WEARING HER
SISTER LOTS IS HELPING TO A
BREAK BARRIERS AND IT’S
SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.
>> IT’S NOT A NEW STYLE. I AM
INTO LOCKING THE NEW GROWTH SO
IT CAN BE A PART OF THE
CURRENT EXISTING LAW SISTER
LOCKS AS LOCK SPECIALIST TONY
EDWARDS EXPLAINS. EDWARDS
WEARS THEM AND HAVE DONE LOCKS
FOR 3 YEARS. SHE DESCRIBES THE
STYLUS FLEXIBLE, VERSATILE AND
FEMININE, BUT SAYS IT’S NOT
ALWAYS BEEN PERCEIVED THAT
WAY. I FEEL LIKE BEFORE SYSTEM
LOCKS THERE COULD HAVE BEEN
MORE OF A STIGMA.
>> FAR AS AND, YOU KNOW, NOT
GROWN. IN RECENT YEARS. THERE
WERE REPORTS OF CASES WHERE
>> BLACK TEENAGERS WERE TOLD
TO CUT THEIR DREADLOCKS TO
WALK AT GRADUATION OR
PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS, THE
CONVERSATION GREW WIDER TO
WHAT PEOPLE CONSIDER KERR
FRESH NULL HAIRSTYLES AT WORK.
IT LED TO THE HOUSE PASSING
THE CROWN ACT PROHIBITING
DISCRIMINATION BASED ON A
PERSON’S HAIR, TEXTURE OR
STYLE FOR THE WORLD OVERALL IS
BECOMING MORE UPSET. SEPT ING
OF US WOULD EVER SAYS FEELS
LIKE A HUGE ACCEPTANCE IS THE
CONFIRMATION OF JUDGE KETANJI
BROWN JACKSON TO THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT. THE JUDGE WHERE
SISTER LOCKS IN EVERETT SAYS
IT’S BEEN THE TALK OF THE
SYSTEM LOT COMMUNITY FOR
WEEKS. WE WERE SO PROUD AND
EXCITED TO SEE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN SISTER.
>> THAT IS WEARING A HAIR
SYSTEM THAT WE ALL LOVE AND
ADORE. AND SO PROUD OF. WE
DON’T KNOW WHEN THE JUDGE
STARTED HER LOCKED JOURNEY.
EARLY PICTURES SHOW HER WITH
STRAIGHT HAIR, PRESTON CURLED.
BUT IT’S SEEING THE NOMINATION
TO CONFIRMATION. AND THE JUDGE
SPORTING A STYLE CONNECTED TO
SO MANY WOMEN.
>> THAT INSPIRED EDWARDS MOST.
I’M GLAD WITH THE SUPREME
COURT JUSTICE THAT SHE HAS
THIS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT
BREAKS DOWN THAT WORRY WITH A
LOT OF OTHER WOMEN. SHE HAS
IT. OF COURSE, I’LL BE
EXCEPTED AS SHE IS. I CAN DO
THIS TO EDWARDS SAYS JACKSON’S
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO
SIT IN THIS ROLE.
>> IN A WAY.
>> IS WEAVED INTO HER SISTER
LOCKS.
>> EDWARDS SAYS SHE FEELS THE
WORLD IS SHIFTING ITS FOCUS TO
WHERE IT SHOULD BE ON WHAT A
PERSON BRINGS TO THE TABLE AS
WELL AS ACCEPTING THEM FOR WHO
THEY ARE AS THEY COM REPORTING
LIVE. MARILYN PARKER CHANNEL
4, THE LOCAL STATION.
>> WELL, MARYLAND, YOU CHOSE
TO CHANGE YOUR HAIRSTYLE
RECENTLY TO FOLLOW LOCKS,
WHICH IS IN THE DREADLOCKS
FAMILY. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO
START WEARING THE STYLE?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, BLACK WOMEN
ALWAYS CHANGE THEIR HAIR IS
SOMETHING THAT I’VE ALWAYS
DONE IN REGARDLESS OF ME
WEARING MY FULL LOCKS, MY
BRAIDS OVER MY CURLY HAIR, THE
QUALITY OF MY CONTENT HAS
NEVER CHANGED FOR WHAT I
PRODUCE ON TV AND WHAT I PUT
OUT INTO THE WORLD. SO I THINK
IT’S AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR
PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT REGARDLESS
OF YOUR HAIR, SOLEMN,
REGARDLESS WHAT YOU USED TO
JUST BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT BE
USED TO, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT
IT’S NOT PROFESSIONAL OR ISN’T
ACCEPTABLE. AND I THINK JUDGE
JACKSON IS REALLY TRAIL BAYS,
TRAILBLAZING AND SETTING AN
EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG GIRLS LIKE
MYSELF AND FOR THE YOUNG WOMAN
WHO REACH OUT TO ME SAYING
THAT THEY APPRECIATE ME
WEARING MY HAIR IN DIFFERENT
STYLES. THAT REPRESENTATION
REALLY DOES MATTER TO REALLY A
FULL CIRCLE MOMENT.