jeffrey: all right, tomiko brown-nagin, thank you very much. tomiko: thank you for having me.w bedford, massachusetts, at the whaling museum is connecting today's environmental conditions to our historical and literary past. painter christopher volpe has created works that take on an apocalyptic tone, pointing to today's reliance on fossil fuel, the modern-day whale oil. special correspondent jared bowen of gbh boston reports as part of our arts and culture series, canvas. jared: the cobblestone streets still invite clatter. lamps continue to light the way, and clapboard buildings beckon, as they always have. this is the new bedford from whence herman melville launched "moby-dick." christopher: it's a new england tale. talks about the damp, drizzly november of his soul. there's always been a darker side to american art and literature, particularly in new england. jared: people still gather here every year in person or virtually for a marathon reading of the novel. this year, actor sam waterston was ishmael. >> why, upon your first voyage as a passenger, did you feel yourself s

tomiko: i wouldn't say shocked or surprised. would say the reality of enslaved people being on campus, feeding our students, serving harvard presidents, is quite remarkable. jeffrey: what was an important theme for you that came from this report? tomiko: i am a historian of the civil rights movement and it was important to me and the committee to lift up the history of resistance to inequality that is personified by graduates of harvard, such as w.e.b. dubois, who helped found the niagara movement and the naacp and was a towering intellectual figure. another is charles hamilton houston, known as the man who killed jim crow, because of his civil rights lawyering that laid the groundwork for brown v board of education. those figures are vitally important to understand as representatives of harvard. jeffrey: this new fund of $100 million is a lot, but what exactly is it for? tomiko: it is a significant financial commitment and we are pleased the university has established this fund that is meant to address the harms of slavery loca

it is absolutely my pleasure to welcome you tonight's event featuring tomiko brown nagin talking about her newest book out recently called civil rights queen, constance baker motley and the struggle for equality. if you haven't yet purchased your copy of the book you are missing out. it is an incredible story about an incredible wochl you can find a link to purchase the book from atlanta history center in the chat. tonight it is 25% off. then we offer domestic u.s. shipping as well as in-store pickup if you are local to the atlanta area. we encourage you to support dean brown nagin and the book and purchase your copy from atlanta history center. again, tonight's guest is tomiko brown nagin, a dean, a professor of constitutional law at harvard law school and professor of history at harvard university's faculty of arts and sciences. she's appointed chair of the presidential committee on harvard and the legacy of slavery in 2019. and as a member of the american actually of arts and sciences, the american philosophical society and the american law institute. she has many other accolades wh

. >> it is called "civil rights queen" and dean tomiko brown-nagin, thank you for the conversation. i wish it could have been in person, but thank you. >> thank you, rose, i enjoyed i. >> claire, all yours. >> thank you so much for such an intriguing conversation and what an incredible woman, incredible life. kind of hard to believe it was just one life, how much she did during it. so dean tomiko brown-nagin, thank you for your scholarship and all of the countless hours of work that went into the book. i can't even imagine. >> thank you, claire, for having me. i appreciate it. >>> weekends on c-span 2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday, american history tv documents america's story and on sundays, book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. funding comes from these television companies and more, including cox. >>> cox is committed to providing eligible families access to affordable internet through the connect and compete program, bridging the digital divide one connected and engaged student at a time. cox, bringing us closer. cox, along with these televisi

. >> it is called "civil rights queen" and dean tomiko brown-nagin, thank you for the conversation. i wish it could have been in person, but thank you. >> thank you, rose, i enjoyed i. >> claire, all yours. >> thank you so much for such an intriguing conversation and what an incredible woman, incredible life. kind of hard to believe it was just one life, how much she didt ladies dot c-span.org.

. >> it is called "civil rights queen" and dean tomiko brown-nagin, thank you for the conversation. i wish it could have been in person, but thank you. >> thank you, rose, i enjoyed i. >> claire, all yours. >> thank you so much for such an intriguing conversation and what an incredible woman, incredible life. kind of hard to believe it was just one life, how much she dido 22. 22 are you numerologists? and i'm daniel weinberg and we're at the studio broadcast studio on abraham lincoln book shop in chicago over zoom and facebook live. we are an 83 year olds antiquarian book shop specializing in american history specifically abraham lincoln the us civil war and the us presidency.