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...toward one's fellow human beings, which the old Confederates of the 19th century--and the neo-Confederates of today--exemplify, to declare there's statute of limitations on acts of extraordinary evil, whether or not they were committed by one's ancestors. --Lee A. Daniels '71 Fellow, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research
...popular course showcases five pieces of music--Beethoven's ninth symphony, Handel's "Messiah," Stravinsky's "Le sacre du printemps," Monteverdi's "Orfeo" and Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique"--and examines the cultural context of their first performances...
...LEGION OF ADMIRERS, THE Afro-American studies department that Henry Louis Gates Jr. is assembling at Harvard is the most glittering display of black brainpower since W.E.B. Du Bois studied alone at the university a century ago. To its detractors in the black-studies movement, it is simply a collection of high-profile academic hustlers driven more by a lust for fame and big lecture fees than by any deep commitment to the field. Either way, the house that Gates is building in Cambridge has emerged as the most visible sign that black studies has been reborn as a vibrant...
...Asante, charge that under Gates and West, stardom has replaced substance. The two spend so much time speaking and writing for outside groups that their scholarly pursuits seem to take a backseat. Example: The Future of the Race, a forthcoming book in which Gates and West offer critiques of Du Bois's famous essay, "The Talented Tenth" (in which he argued that only by creating a small group of college-educated men could blacks achieve their racial destiny). Though Gates' eloquence and West's astonishing erudition are on display, the book has the feel of something they dashed...
Jeanne Calment, 121, isn't just the world's oldest living human. She's the world's oldest rapper. The acquaintance of Van Gogh has cut a record, Maitresse du Temps, in which she talks about her life over rap, techno and dance music. Some of the proceeds from the CD will go toward buying a minibus for her nursing home. Next up for Calment is, of course, a video...