Looking forward to being part of the tour in conversation with Nicholas Kristof 5/16. Harvard Bookstore! The book is gripping and inspiring. Can’t wait to hear more from Nick about it.

Really important piece by Jennifer Berry Hawes! 70 Years After Brown v. Board, Segregation Academies Persist in Deep South propublica.org/article/camden…

Thank you so much, Nick. Your words mean a lot.

I am so grateful for your generous words, David.

Drew Gilpin Faust, president emerita of Harvard, delivered these eloquent, powerful remarks yesterday. A full-throated and much-needed defense of the university--not Harvard specifically, but "the university" as a concept and institution. drewfaust.com/2024/05/21/fre…

So honored that my book was the gift to these newly commissioned students. And so honored to see this record number of students devoted to serving their country. harvardmagazine.com/node/86559

Here is an excerpt from my Tuesday Phi Beta Kappa speech defending imperiled universities, which was published in the The Boston Globe. bostonglobe.com/2024/05/23/opi…

A distressing and beautifully rendered piece for us all to contemplate this Memorial Day weekend from the incomparable ⁦Phil Klay⁩ nytimes.com/2024/05/26/opi…

As #Juneteenth approach we start the countdown for the publication of new books on the history of slavery and race in the United States. In this story, VISUAL IMAGES matter. Can't wait to read Sarah Elizabeth Lewis's The Unseen #slaveryarchive hup.harvard.edu/books/97806742…

I'm pleased to join Soledad O'Brien and my fellow Women in Public Life honoree Judy Roth Berkowitz for today's conversation at The New York Historical. nyhistory.org/programs

Remember and honor Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner and the price they paid when they were murdered in Mississippi exactly sixty years ago today while fighting for all of our voting rights:

I was shocked and deeply saddened to learn of Susan Wojcicki’s untimely death. I send my heartfelt condolences to her husband Dennis Troper and family.

Q&A: Undergraduate admissions in the wake of the 2023 Supreme Court ruling | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology news.mit.edu/2024/qa-underg…

So honored to deliver the keynote at an event today honoring Thomas Laws, an enslaved man from Clarke County, VA, who played such a critical role in intelligence gathering for Union general Philip Sheridan. He’s an important figure in my book Slavery & Freedom University Press of Florida

A perfect choice for the Kluge Prize and a wonderful celebration Friday. Congratulations Anthony Kwame Anthony Appiah and Librarian Hayden Carla Hayden

Congrats Tommy!

I am very, very excited about this: cnn.com/2024/10/11/med…

Thrilled to announce "Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance." Coming from Scribner June 10, 2025. A long journey but perfect timing for 2025's Harlem Renaissance centennial milestones. Excited that this icon's REAL story will finally be out in the world.

"These men made our lives possible. They were impelled to risk all by a sense of obligation to the future. We possess a reciprocal obligation to the past. We must not squander what they bequeathed to us." DrewFaust on this Memorial Day. The New York Times nytimes.com/2025/05/26/opi…