Word: africanization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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RICHARD SUZMAN '64, a South African, attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg before transferring to Harvard. This summer he attended the congress of the National Union of South African Students...
...make the best of what he had. South America, on the other hand, gave much to the conqueror. Taking gold and silver from the hills and sugar from the plains, he could intoxicate himself on pure profit. To aid his enterprise, he domesticated the Indian and imported the African. The settlers, in truth, came to North America and the conquerers to the South; the former invested and the latter extracted and the societies that the two constructed were--and are--very different...
...responsibility of recommending approval or disapproval of the formation of all undergraduate organizations, or any constitutional changes of those organizations. In most cases, this is merely a routine, formal matter. However, we were faced with an arduous task when we were presented the constitution of the proposed Harvard African and Afro-American Association. While at the same time we highly welcomed an organization with the general aims and principles of the Association, we were deeply disturbed by the membership clause, which appeared to exclude a good many people. Consequently, we had to ask many penetrating, and perhaps, irritating questions. Unfortunately...
...Council member asked if his great-grandfather had been an Afro-American does this qualify the Council member for the proposed Association? One answer was, "We could give you a blood test," and the only other answer was, "When you are an African or Afro-American, you know it." Another Council member asked if he simply agreed with the views of the Association, could he join? The reply was, "Not unless you manage to perform alchemy." Thus, the Council was left with no choice but to report its findings as it did to the Faculty committee...
...membership, yet we unequivocally recognize the private right of any person, member or non-member, to agree or disagree with our aims and policies. If the Faculty committee feels that these aims are not reprehensible, we are confident that they will vote unanimously to recognize the Harvard Association of African and Afro-American Students. Dnoneze Martin Anochle President, Association of African and Afro-American Students...