I'm Jonathan K. Parton, welcome to K-Part.

Janai S. Nelson is the Associate Director Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational

Fund.

But next month, Nelson will become the eighth President and Director Counsel of the Legendary

Civil Rights Organization founded by Thurgood Marshall, before he became the first African-American

to sit on the Supreme Court.

Nelson will succeed Sheryl and Eiffel, whose name has been bandied about as someone who

could fulfill President Biden's promise that the next Supreme Court justice will be a

black woman.

In this conversation, first recorded on February 16th for Washington Post Live, Nelson and

I talked about the racism and sexism that awaits whomever Biden nominates.

We're ready for that battle and we're ready to point out and call out those instances

where black women are being subject to a different standard or being interrogated in ways

that are inappropriate or where assumptions are made about their capacity that are unfounded

and unfair and unjust.

Nelson also talks about her hero, fame jurist Constance Baker Motley, and the lessons she's

learned from Sheryl and Eiffel.

Ms. Nelson, welcome to K-PART on Washington Post Live.

Thank you, Jonathan, it's wonderful to see you.

So as we know, February is black history month, black women are the foundation of that

history, American history, who are the women who inspired you?

There are so many women that have inspired me throughout my life and throughout my career.

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