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...Mecca J. Nelson '92 past president of the BSA, said groups such as the BSA, African American Cultural Center, Association of Black Radcliffe Women, Black Businessperson's Association, Black Cast, Expressions, Kuumba Singers, Diaspora and Onyx are "all very distinct groups pursuing the same thing...
...Nelson pointed to Black student groups at the Law School and Business School as examples of unified groups with sub-committees that could perhaps serve as a model for Black undergraduates...
...Among the people I like to think of as useful role models are author- educator W.E.B. Dubois, civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell, Nigerian playwright Wole Soyinka, South African leader Nelson Mandela, novelist Toni Morrison. And poet Phillis Wheatley: she was a genius. She learned English when she was about seven, and by the age of 15 she was publishing poems as sophisticated as any American who was publishing in the 18th century. We need to make that common knowledge, as common as the fact that Michael Jordan can do the triple quadruple backward dunk...
...Anderson is a practical policeman who doesn't engage in theoretical stuff," says Rev. L. Nelson Foxx, one of 13 members on the citizens' advisory committee that assisted City Manager Robert W. Healy in selecting the new commissioner. "He is a "very well-seasoned policeman who speaks with a lot of wisdom. Most importantly, he has a hands-on approach, which will be very important to the department...
That the president of Harvard so openly and aggressively opposed divestment will make it difficult, or at least embarrassing, for Harvard to invite leading advocates of divestment to campus: Nelson Mandela of Bishop Desmond M. Tutu, for example. Most importantly, Rudenstine's behavior demonstrates insensitivity to issues of concern to minority groups--an inappropriate message for Harvard's president...