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...letter, which the University had previously said would not be made public, reveals that Harper called on Summers to step down two days after the no-confidence vote by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in March. “I believe that Harvard’s best interests require your resignation,” Harper concluded in his letter to Summers on July...
...professors—African and African American Studies Department Chair Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. and Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree—and a collection of their colleagues were preparing to issue a statement Monday calling on Summers to release the letter, several faculty members said...
Harper, in an interview, said he had no objection to the letter being made public but said it was up to Harvard to release it. Spokesmen for the University had said as recently as Monday morning that the letter would not be released...
Monday’s release of Harper’s letter mirrored Summers’ about-face in February, when he released a transcript of his remarks on women in science amid mounting faculty pressure to do so. This time around, however, Summers preempted much public outcry and a potentially explosive public-relations battle by making the letter public before Gates, Ogletree, and other professors formally called...
...letter replying to Harper delivered Monday, Summers wrote that he remained committed to “expanding opportunities for outstanding individuals from groups that are traditionally underrepresented...