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Drew Faust on Activism, Affirmative Action, and U.S. History
Drew Gilpin Faust is a trailblazer who served as the first female president of Harvard University. In her new memoir, Faust shares her experience grappling with race and gender in the Jim Crow era. She joins Walter Isaacson to discuss her life and the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn affirmative action.
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