Word: apartheid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...consisted of three buildings when students erected it in early 1986 but was later connected together--to bits of wood and twisted steel. The blaze, which caused no injuries, cracked the stone beneath the shanty, engulfed nearby trees and planters and slightly damaged an adjacent memorial to the anti-apartheid movement...
...that have less money and resources than the well-protected, well-endowed final clubs and other similarly exclusive organizations, what would be next? There are still several other Black causes the administration can go after, investigate and perhaps even invalidate. Look at the way Harvard stuck by investing in apartheid...
Five years ago students concerned about Harvard's refusal to divest of its South Africa-linked investments set up an alternative endowment that would be held in escrow. Harvard would get the money if it divested or if apartheid ended in South Africa. Those active in this Endowment for Divestiture (E4D) argue that donations to the College implicitly endorse the University's immoral and mulish decision not to divest from organizations that do business in South Africa...
...only option for those wishing to express their anger at Harvard's investment policy and to protest its fundraising practices is to give to E4D, which emphasizes the numbers who give rather than the number that they give. In the likely event that Harvard does not divest and apartheid does not end, the money in E4D will be given to Phillips Brooks House to aid its worthwhile endeavors in the Boston area...
...Harvard divests or apartheid ends, the money in the fund will go to Harvard. If neither of these two events has occurred by the year 2003, the money will be donated to an appropriate charity within the Harvard community...