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Cornel West Posts Scathing Resignation Letter to Harvard Dean
The professor of African American studies claimed the university is in 'decline and decay' after tenure dispute.
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Of Course, Harvard Had a KKK Chapter on Its Campus
Anytime someone tells you that the East Coast has been a liberal bastion of racial progress they should be reminded that a) that simply isn’t true, and b) there are plenty of examples to prove that such thinking is demonstratively false. Enter an enterprising reporter at Harvard University’s student newspaper The Harvard Crimson, who found…
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U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Harvard’s Affirmative Action Policy
A U.S. appeals court has rejected a case challenging Harvard’s affirmative action policy. According to CNN, the case was brought forth by a group of Asian American students who felt the university’s policy disproportionately benefited Black and Hispanic students. Judge Sandra Lynch wrote the ruling for the appellate panel and found the university’s “limited use…
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Harvard to Honor Queen Latifah With W.E.B. Du Bois Medal for Her Contributions to the Culture
In 1895, W.E.B. Du Bois became the first black student to earn a doctorate from Harvard. Over a century later, Queen Latifah is being honored by the prestigious institution with an award bearing his name. On Oct. 22, the New Jersey-bred multihyphenate will receive the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal for her contributions to the culture.…
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Parkland Shooting Survivor Kyle Kashuv Loses His Place at Harvard After Racist Text Messages Surface
Sometimes, life comes at you fast. And Kyle Kashuv, the pro-gun teen who was among the survivors of the mass shooting at Parkland, Fla.’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, seems to be learning that lesson the hard way. On Monday, Kashuv shared his astonishment that Harvard had rescinded his admission because of his use of…
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Harvard Accused of 'Shamelessly' Profiting From Slavery Photos
Harvard University has been accused of “shamelessly” profiting from photos featuring 19th-century slaves, all while ignoring repeated requests to turn over the photos to the descendants of those pictured. As a result, a lawsuit was filed on Wednesday. According to USA Today, the school is being sued by Norwich, CT., resident Tamara Lanier for “wrongful…
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Harvard Honors Colin Kaepernick, Others With W.E.B. Du Bois Medal: ‘Love Is at the Root of Our Resistance’
Alas, to be a fly on the wall at Memorial Hall at Harvard University Thursday afternoon. The room’s very air would be perfumed with the sweet scent of black liberation and excellence as eight prominent, distinguished, and mostly freedom fighting African Americans received the University’s prestigious W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from the Hutchins Center for…
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Colin Kaepernick, Dave Chappelle Awarded W.E.B. Du Bois Black Culture Medal; Rachel Dolezal Snubbed Again
Quick question: When one of America’s most prestigious Ivy League universities honors Colin Kaepernick, Dave Chappelle and six other African Americans for their contributions to black history and culture, will white people burn their Harvard rejection letters, their Chappelle’s Show DVD sets or the ivy in their yards? According to the Associated Press, Harvard University’s…
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Man Arrested for Threatening to Bomb ‘Black’ Harvard Graduation Ceremony
An Arizona man was so incensed, so filled with burning hatred for the black Harvard students who had the audacity to hold their own, separate graduation ceremony last year, that he allegedly threatened to bomb the school and shoot the students who partook in the event. That man, Nicholas Zuckerman, was arrested Friday. USA Today…
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Black Harvard Professor, Often Cited to Discredit Black Lives Matter, Accused of Sexual Misconduct
The Harvard professor whose false and misleading research is routinely cited by white people now says that a sexual-misconduct investigation by Harvard University and the state of Massachusetts is based on false and misleading evidence. For the sake of transparency, allow me to explain why I guzzle the nearest bottle of haterade whenever I hear…