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...Nicholas Lemann's coverage of Black lawyer Florynce Kennedy's speech in the Wednesday, March 14 Crimson is exactly the kind of reporting which, rightly, has the Black community leveling charges of racism at your paper...
Evidently, Lemann was present only for the end of Kennedy's speech. Her topic, "The Pathology of Oppression," was mentioned nowhere in the story, nor was her theme: that Harvard contributors so much to the oppression of various peoples that students should be willing to strike even if the issues involved don't directly affect them...
...Kennedy also explained her personal involvement in the Feminist party, and advocated that Black women stay out of the party, as the unity of Black people is a more important priority. She did not blast the Afro-Am and Women's Studies, as Lemann implied, but criticized Harvard's treatment of these areas of study as "outrageous" and "disgraceful...
...exchange concerning Kilson's role here. Kennedy suggested that Black students utilize Kilson and "stick by him when he has problems" because he has the resources to help Black students survive here. Considering the prevailing view Black students have of Kilson, we feel that this was a newsworthy comment. Lemann, of course...
Samuel H. Miller, Dean of the Divinity School, said last night that in an increasingly technological society, man must "achieve an integrity of a new and higher complexity." Dean Miller spoke on "The Effect of Technology on the Human Spirit" at the final session of the second annual Lemann Lectures...