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...raise a lot of consciousness. Many people who were involved went on to be involved in the national fight for social justice,” Fletcher says...
...years passed, though, perhaps the biggest change occurred as students graduated and entered the workplace, Fletcher says...
...Those who came in the late 60s tried very hard to make a connection between their politics at Harvard and their occupations,” Fletcher explains. Many politically active students in the classes before him went on to become doctors or lawyers. As the ’70s progressed, however, Fletcher says more students began to adopt an “I’m going after the money” attitude and went into financial careers...
...Even for those that were politically active there was a complete disconnect between their work at Harvard and what they did after school,” Fletcher says...
...Indeed, while some members of the Class remain active in the same causes as they at Harvard—Fletcher works for the AFL-CIO—for many members of the Class of 1976, their politics have been an evolving process...