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Three student groups announced plans yesterday to protest City University of New York (CUNY) professor Leonard Jeffries' speech at Harvard tomorrow, and University officials said security at the event will be tight.
Jeffries has been embroiled in controversy since last summer, when videotapes of a lecture he delivered were made public, prompting widespread allegations that his remarks were offensive and disparaging toward Jews, Italian-Americans, gays and other minorities.
Hillel, the Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Students Association (BGLSA) and the Harvard College Democrats will hold a rally outside Emerson Hall during Jeffries' speech there, according to official at the three organizations. And Hillel Coordinating Council Chair Shai A. Held '93 said he is currently negotiating for the participation of...
"We are not protesting the BSA at this rally," Held said. "We are protesting Leonard Jeffries because we see him as a bigot and a racist and an anti-Semite and we feel it imperative to speak up on this issue."
Held said he has expressed his disappointment at the invitation to BSA President Art A. Hall '93, and has written a letter to BSA members asking for a meeting between the two groups. Hillel will likely distribute information about Jeffries around campus in a doordrop tonight, he added.