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Inside, the club has a bizarre kind of postmodern juke joint vibe, complete with Southern primitivist folk art and a portrait of Tigrett's Afro-coifed guru, Sai Baba, beaming angelically from above the stage. The ceiling is paneled with the faces of Blues legends carved in relief, their plaster countenances staring placidly down at this whole scene. Boston Phoenix writer and Crimson alum Gary Susman '89 quips, "You almost expect them to start singing, like in the 'Disney Hall of Presidents.'" Tonight, there's also a video camera on the ceiling to collect footage for the upcoming House...
Professor of Afro-American Studies K. Anthony Appiah, Assistant Dean for Race Relations and Minority Affairs Hilda Hernandez-Gravelle, Thompson Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield and Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences Mary C. Waters joined several Winthrop House residents in addressing the hypothetical situations...
...Hyung Kim '93, an L.A. native who majors in Afro-American Studies and sociology, spoke yesterday at a brown bag luncheon in the Lyman Common Room...
During the question-and-answer session, Gates defended his actions as chair of Harvard's Afro-American Studies Department. Responding to a student from the Caribbean Club who questioned his goals, Gates said that he is trying to build a strong Black presence in the historically prejudiced field of academia...
...builder of organizations with other people...to create a lasting institution of Afro-American intellectualism," Gates said. "That is what I do. I'm not ashamed of that...If we can turn around Afro-Am at Harvard, we can turn Afro-Am around in this country...