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...peace. Now I find myself faced with a struggle more personal and more frustratingly difficult than any before. I do not intend to minimize the struggle or pain of other groups, rather I ask all people of good will to join us in his endeavor to enlighten the Harvard community about the meaning of tolerance, diversity, and equal opportunity. It is difficult for lesbian and gay people these days to avoid the feeling that we are the last group in the country that it is acceptable to hate openly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Powell: The Wrong Speaker at the Wrong Time | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

...then, one day, as I was playing with my food, the good Lord saw fit to enlighten me with a creative revelation I was eating some plain white rice...

Author: By Jon A. Bresman, | Title: The Collective Editorial of Rice | 2/20/1993 | See Source »

...summer, Li'l Sis' Uncle Willie -- a painter en route to New York CityQstops off in the South. Through his eyes the child sees a new world of colors and culture. Uncle Willie was William Johnson, a real African-American artist, and this biography artfully employs his work to enlighten as it entertains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kid-Lit Capers | 12/21/1992 | See Source »

Like the group of Black students at Harvard College who invited Professor Leonard Jeffries to Harvard a year ago, spokespersons for the UMass Black fraternity claimed that the purpose of their invitation to Jeffries was to enlighten UMass students (Black and white) about African societies' contributions to literate civilizations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kilson Criticizes U. Mass Frat, Mansfield | 11/20/1992 | See Source »

...Some students who work closely with the Foundation have expressed the view that The Crimson's editorial and articles were not designed to enlighten but rather to discredit the Harvard Foundation for its lack of involvement in The Crimson's racial agenda. For example, students cite the Harvard Foundation's for its lack of involvement in The Crimson group's recent hostilities with a Black City University of New York [CUNY] professor over his political beliefs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Inaccurate and Offensive | 4/15/1992 | See Source »

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