harriet tubman on the $200 bill. yeah, i like harriet tubman. i just don't think she should have replaced or should replace andrew jackson on the 20. i think the of bringing about a harriet tubman bill is great. just put her on the $200 bill and and you know we don't see $200 bills in circulation. but one of the effects, unfortunately, of the inflation of the last 40 years is that people are spending higher denominations. so let's give harriet tubman the honor of being on the $200 bill and keep andrew jackson on the 20 the parade for service members who served in the war on terror. talk about that. yeah, there have been very few recognitions, specifically of those who stepped up in the war on terror, who fought in afghanistan and who fought in iraq, who contributed in other ways. and we've seen this before. when there are controversial wars and the iraq war was certainly very controversial, we've seen that it's tough to have the public acknowledge the contributions of american servicemen and servicewomen. i think we need to do more because my re

you are a lesbian for working at yourollege newspaper. [ laughter ] >> seth: freedom fighter harriet tubmantly awarded the rank of general. >> just in case you were wondering how long it takes a black woman to get a promotion. [ audience oohs ] [ light laughter ] >> seth: amber. >> do you know when harriet tubman's gonna be on the $20? >> seth: when's that? >> never. >> seth: okay. [ light laughter ] this year marks the 50th anniversary of the magazine "lesbian connection." >> also celebrating a lesbian connection, a sorority girl whose had four drinks. [ laughter ] >> seth: at the party for college newspaper? >> that's right, that's right. >> seth: yale university has announced a new course focused on beyonce. >> you get an "a" in it by realizing you could never. [ laughter ] >> seth: randomhouse announced they will publish a graphic novel that is a lesbian retelling of "robin hood." >> in this version, robin hood steals from the rich and gives to a dog shelter. [ light laughter ] >> seth: jenny, what does the lesbian robin hood look like? >> the same but no tights. [ light laughter ] >> s

i live not far from finger lakes, from harriet tubman's national historic home. and i did a civil rights. when you retire, do you have to travel the country and do things you always thought you would do? so i did a lot of the south this winter and went to many of the fabulous museums and was in the lynching museum in alabama. and that's not the official title of it, but that was it's focus and there was a whole exhibit on sundowner cities and states and. i'm a new yorker. i thought, well, surely i won't find my there and enough it was there. and then i kept pressing more buttons for all the towns around. and this is, this still in the sixties and seventies sundowner laws and the shocked me, i felt very i grew up then you know it's how could there be i never heard that i didn't know what we didn't speak of it. so i'd say there just say your book is so important for that reason. we all have a lot of ignorance. we don't even realize that we own. and your story needs to be told, there's just so many out there. so thank you. there are lynchings. new york state, very,

. >> and also the person that you reminded me of when i talk about the photos, harriet tubman in american is one of the greatest examples of the power of being inconspicuous and underestimated and she basically invented, on her own, the art of exfiltration. exfiltrating enslaved americans from the american south to the free north. no training, no instruction , and she is the most remarkable example of what women in world war ii would eventually do for downed airmen as well. she must not be forgotten. >> there is a statue of her. >> there is a statue of her at cia horde orders now. >> any more questions? one more minute. which question should i ask? quickly, bucks -- books were afraid of books, right? they saw them as -- that's why they were burning them, confiscating them they didn't understand the power of them, right? since we are at the book festival, it would be great to talk about the roll books played in world war ii. >> how much time do you have? look, sherman kent the history professor i mentioned earlier, the fellow who could throw daggers better than a sicilian, he believed that

and also the person that when you reminded me we talked about the photos in my book, harriet tubman,n american history is one of the greatest example paul's of the power of being an inconspicuous and under. and she basically invented, you know, on her own the art of exfiltration, exfiltrating and slave of americans from the american south, you know, to free north. no training, no instruction. she is just the most remarkable example of what women in world war two would eventually do for airmen as well. and so she must not be forgotten. and there's a there's a statue of her there's a statue of her on cia at cia headquarters. now. statue? yes. are any more questions? how? oh. oh, i got one more minute, grace. oh, my goodness. which question should i ask? so will quickly books were the nazis were afraid of books, right? they saw them as that's why they were burning them and, confiscating them. but they didn't really understand the power of them right. can you talk sense? right. the book festival i thought would be really great to talk about the role books played in world war two. oh, my

tubman country because i'm from the eastern shore you know that's the you know, the birthplace of harriet tubman. how times did she go back? how many times. is she risk your life? i see. jackson the same way. it wasn't enough just to get free, you know, just to be free on his own. he was concerned about the people after who became free and there or other people who found freedom somehow ended up there in south carolina. so it's his story, but it's also about their story. so, i mean, i think that was just his final way of still fighting for freedom and fighting for that dream of, you know, it's always trying like it's still your home that's still the soil that you're used to, the people down the street that you're used to. and so maybe you had to leave there because you didn't want to be a slave, but that's still your home in a lot of ways. so to go back and still try to give to those community and that goes with family tradition. the medical doctor you know healing peoples i kind of see it that way. you know, we have certain ideas about success, freedom, what it looks like. but that's why i love