Word: archbishops
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Thank God that the Archbishop of Boston--Bernard Cardinal Law '53--is a Harvard man. Perhaps he tipped the divine balance for the Crimson...
...sprawling black township on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Calling King "a symbol of what my people continue sacrificing for," she added, "We draw a great deal of inspiration from her strength and courage." For King, who was in South Africa for the installation of Desmond Tutu as Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the highly charged meeting was one of the less controversial moments of a week that drew her into the vortex of the country's complex racial politics. King had originally planned to see both State President P.W. Botha and Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the moderate leader of South Africa...
...Harvard was ostensibly trying to help, the University prescribed their own solution to the problem of apartheid. And when students and faculty revealed that the program did not meet the needs of Blacks, Harvard ignored their criticism. That is until some of the most eminent South Africans, including Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu joined people in attacking the Harvard internship idea...
...recent months, Tutu's speeches have become more and more fatalistic. Just before becoming archbishop, he told TIME's Johannesburg bureau chief, Bruce Nelan, "I think the white ruling class is quite ready to do a Samson on us. That is, they will pull down the pillars, even if it means they perish in the process. They are really scared that we are going to treat them as they treated...
Tutu becomes archbishop amid a flood of violence in Soweto...