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University President Lawrence H. Summers met with Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 yesterday in an efforts to mend a rift that threatened to send the prominent member of the Afro-American Studies department packing for Princeton...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Af-Am, Summers Clash Publicly | 1/4/2002 | See Source »

Summers enraged members of the Afro-American Studies department by meeting with West and reportedly criticizing the professor for his outside activities, including working with the Rev. Al Sharpton’s presidential campaign and recording a rap album during a medical leave of absence...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Af-Am, Summers Clash Publicly | 1/4/2002 | See Source »

Following the meeting, the Boston Globe and the New York Times reported that West and Professor of Afro-American Studies and Philosophy K. Anthony Appiah were considering leaving Harvard for Princeton. West confirmed that he will be taking a leave of absence next semester, and a spokesperson said the leave was not strictly for medical reasons, although West is scheduled for prostate cancer surgery at the end of this month...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Af-Am, Summers Clash Publicly | 1/4/2002 | See Source »

...national media spotlight focused on the tension between Summers and the Afro-American Studies department drew the Rev. Jesse Jackson to Cambridge Tuesday. Jackson held a press conference at St. Paul’s A.M.E Church in which he expressed his concern over what he said was Summers’ inadequate support for affirmative action...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Under Attack, Summers Vows To Compete To Keep Afro-American Studies Faculty | 1/2/2002 | See Source »

With regard to the Afro-American Studies program at Harvard, we are proud of this program collectively and of each of its individual members. We would very much like to see the current faculty stay at Harvard and will compete vigorously to make this an attractive environment...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Under Attack, Summers Vows To Compete To Keep Afro-American Studies Faculty | 1/2/2002 | See Source »

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