Word: afros
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...left to Ralph Ellison to develop the Afro-American in all of his indivisible and invisible wholeness. In the tradition of the classical epic of Western literature, an unnamed protagonist, neither naturalist demigod nor realist picaresque, sets out on a journey on which depends the future of his race or his nation. He sets out to achieve his identity in the most widely accepted tradition of Western literature: the journey. From the Odyssey to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, amidst the background of superhuman danger, virtue came in the struggle of the hero and his triumph over evil forces...
...Nolan, Cudjoe, Skocpol, Higonnet, et al. for their eloquent and principled stands at Tuesday's Faculty meeting. I have spent nearly four years at Harvard becoming ever-more discouraged by the University's perpetual abdication of political and moral responsibility in its affairs, from its derisive treatment of the Afro-American Department to its equally disreputable labor relations with its own workers. President Bok's letter struck me as the crowning blow of morally-myopic ivory-towerism...
Student reaction to the day's events was mixed. "The administration is not showing any real communication," Howard Kelly, a member of the Afro-American Association, said yesterday. "Some of us felt upset" when Kemeny left immediately after his speech, he said, adding it was "almost like an insult...
James deFrantz, president of the school's Afro-American Association, said yesterday, "Racism is woven into the fabric of the Dartmouth community. It is a living hell for black students and minority students. A strong message is conveyed to all black students: you are not wanted here," he added...
...second rally on March 2, black and native American students built another red and black snow sculpture to show their solidarity, Howard Kelly, a senior at Dartmouth and a member of the Afro-American Society, said yesterday. He added that minorities have been threatened with "violence" since that time, but there have been no actual incidents...