Word: seeks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...commonplace that leading and entrepreneurial groups in Negro African societies were voluntarily privy to the slave trade. These groups saw the trade in slaves as an economic relationship, from which enormous wealth and political advantage could be derived. When such gain is available, I submit men will always seek it; they are not likely to let cultural or racial bonds stand in the way. What is more, the African brokers in the slave trade--of whom there were tens of thousands--were not restrained by knowledge that perhaps 40 per cent of the human cargo in Middle Passage perished before...
There remains the question of why students bother to seek representation on the Overseers. If the ultimate goal is greater student power, there are more accessible and more important sources of authority in dean's committees and in departmental groups where influence my be pursued for definite goals. The argument that Harvard should be as democratic as possible in all its branches may sound pleasant, but in practice it is not possible. The proposed expansion of Overseer representation would require an act by the Massachusetts General Court, and it is inconceivable that any Massachusetts legislature would favor handing the review...
...areas several times removed from their immediate concerns. This is profoundly true at Harvard, which some-what paradoxically gives its students more freedom and less participation on policy-making committees than would be their lot at most public institutions. Harvard's governmental structure makes it pointless for students to seek empty representation on the Board of Overseers; instead they could better exert their energies towards matters on which their opinions really do make a difference...
...confused and reactionary approach to the nation's most urgent problems. In approving the measure last week, the House showed once again, as it has in its responses to the riots and to the antiwar movement, that most of its members lack any understanding of the phenomena which they seek to suppress...
...alignment of authority on campus. Later, Columbia's trustees announced that they had agreed to consult with representatives of Harlem before making new plans for the gymnasium-a decision that might have been made months ago. They also set up a committee to re-examine and seek changes in the basic governing structure of the university, and to work with the faculty committee on the same task...