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Student journalist finds photo of the Harvard KKK – and documents school’s overlooked racist past
« on: March 30, 2021, 03:46:34 pm »
https://www.boston.com/news/history/2021/03/30/student-journalist-finds-photo-of-the-harvard-kkk-and-documents-schools-overlooked-racist-past

Student journalist finds photo of the Harvard KKK – and documents school’s overlooked racist past

By Kim Bellware,
The Washington Post
March 30, 2021 | 2:45 PM

The photo's title was 'Harvard Class Day - Class Day at Harvard, Klans Klass 21 - have fun.'

A 1924 photo of men in Ku Klux Klan garb gathered around the iconic John Harvard statue, by Massachusetts photographer Leslie Jones. – Leslie Jones Collection/Boston Public Library

... When the Initiative on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery, convened in 2019, releases its first report this winter, it is not expected to contain any mention of the school’s legacy of racism during the 20th century, Levien found. Several committee members said the report will have “allusions to the 20th-century history” but little more.

Levien said he and professors who study Harvard’s history were disappointed with how little Harvard appears to have reckoned with its racism in the modern era – especially when he considers how much of the information he pieced together was hiding in plain sight in archives, student newspaper clippings and other documents as recent as 2014. ...

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Re: Student journalist finds photo of the Harvard KKK – and documents school’s overlooked racist pas
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2021, 05:59:07 pm »
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Re: Student journalist finds photo of the Harvard KKK – and documents school’s overlooked racist pas
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2021, 06:12:57 pm »
Just change the color of the suits to rainbow and heavy on pink and this group picture could of been taken last week.

Kooks Kommies and Kueers.

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