Word: anti-apartheid
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...special convocation to honor Nelson Mandela was a tremendously powerful and unforgettable event. President Mandela credited the University with contributing to South African anti-apartheid and democratic movements in the way that Harvard does best--through educational excellence and opportunity...
...Harvard chose not to fully divest from companies doing business in South Africa. To the University's credit, a full review was undertaken and a conditional investment policy was announced by then-President Bok. Harvard fell far short, however, of the complete divesture called for by leaders of the anti-apartheid movement...
...Research continued, but it was certainly anti-apartheid oriented," he said...
Mandela, a long-time leader of the AfricanNational Congress, spent 27 years in prison forhis anti-apartheid activities. In 1994, he waselected president of South Africa...
This week, students at more than 110 major college campuses across America are taking their education into their own hands in one of the biggest nationally-organized student movements since anti-apartheid in the '80s. This kind of student discussion is especially needed at Harvard, where no one seems to have a good answer for questions like: Why do we still have the Core? What happened with the grape vote? Or even, did we just almost go to war with Iraq...