Tomiko Brown-Nagin

Jul 5, 2023 | nytimes.com | Tomiko Brown-Nagin

What we're losing is bigger than just an admissions policy.

May 30, 2023 | aclum.org | Tomiko Brown-Nagin

It is finally beginning to feel like summer in Massachusetts. Reflecting on our multi-issue approach to civil rights and civil liberties, and our love of good beach reads, ACLU of Massachusetts staff pulled together a collection of must-read books for your summer reading list.

Feb 21, 2023 | liberreview.com | Tomiko Brown-Nagin |Anastasia Curwood

WHEN WE CELEBRATE a political “first,” we’re heralding the beginning—not the end—of a struggle. And yet, understanding the lives of trailblazers can instruct us in how to pursue justice in spite of institutional prejudice. Tomiko Brown-Nagin’s recent biography of Constance Baker Motley, Civil Rights Queen, provides one such example, beginning with Motley’s birth in 1921 to West Indian immigrants in New Haven, Connecticut.