Word: eventers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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More than 20 students attended the event, at which members of campus publications, including The Crimson and The Harvard Perspective, read selections from various books that had been banned at the time of their publication...
...purpose of the event was to have the presses and organizations of Harvard reaffirm their belief in freedom of speech," Yoshino said...
...much remains unclear about the details of the actual event for us to say with certainty whether or not what happened to the two Harvard students constituted racial harassment on the part of Cambridge police...
...event last week should jolt all, whether Black, white or member of another minority, out of complacency about the implications of racism. Whatever exactly happened to two Black students who were taken off a shuttle bus and searched by police last week, the Black community has shown outrage at what they consider racist behavior on the part of Harvard and Cambridge police. Their response is merited by the larger systemic problem of which this incident appears only to be a possible example...
Consequently, black schools have had to address one of their oldest financial weaknesses: small and infrequent alumni donations. In November, when Bill and Camille Cosby made a $20 million gift to Spelman College, the event received widespread publicity; yet modest donations have been the norm. That shows signs of changing, however. During the past fiscal year, alumni support at Alabama's Tuskegee Institute topped $1 million for the first time, aided by three gifts of $125,000 or more...