It's so important to have this breakthrough appointment of an African American woman who's so well qualified to the post because African American appointment will affirm the values of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, equal workplace opportunity regardless of race and sex and background -- that's something to be very happy about.

Tomiko Brown-Nagin

Tomiko Brown-Nagin (born c. 1970) is an American lawyer, historian, and academic administrator. She is also the Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, Professor of History at Harvard University, and Co-Director of the Program in Law and History. On July 1, 2018, she became the dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. In 2021 she was elected to the American Philosophical Society.

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