The history behind the Langston Hughes poem used in the Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing

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Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson wipes a tear from her eye as she testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

“O, let America be America again–

The land that never has been yet—

And yet must be—the land where every man is free.”