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Out in the hallways that snake between the offices of the Du Bois Institute faculty lies the permanent art collection—a motley assortment of paintings, posters, and sculptures—that memorialize many moments in the history of Africans, African-Americans, and the institute itself.
Some of the posters are reminders of the august figures that the Institute has hosted. Particularly memorable are Nigerian Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka’s many lectures at Harvard (including a series with fellow Nobel laureate Toni Morrison) and a discussion on jazz and American culture featuring documentary...
“Some [black actors] were criticized for playing stereotypical violent roles as black men,” Cheek says. “But it’s probably a good film,” he hastened to add, separating the any given blaxploitation film’s artistic...
This quality is present in varying degrees throughout the art in the Du Bois Institute’s collection. Finding the Institute may be difficult, but the hunt bears rewards beyond its pains.
Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School have found new evidence that sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is related to abnormalities in nerve cells in the brain stem, unraveling more about an elusive disease whose cause has been shrouded in mystery. According to a National...