Word: smiths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some newspapers wrote glowingly about the protest and Smith's speech, calling them symbols of the school's role as a forum for debate. It was, however, a debate that the Kennedy School's administration had tried to prevent up until the last moment...
...Smith would probably not have been allowed to speak if Kennedy had not prefaced his prepared remarks by saying that he and his family were going to remain to hear the protesters' spokesman, and adding that he hoped the audience would also remain. For all practical purposes, Smith's speech became part of the official ceremony...
Kennedy's speech elicited a standing ovation, but the talk of the luncheon that followed the ceremony seemed to the Smith's address. He called the naming of the school's library for Engelhard "a travesty and a damn shame," and claimed the late businessman is a symbol of U.S. support of the apartheid regime...
...Smith's speech and the protest are already having results. K-School students met today to discuss the Engelhard issue. And the library plaque bearing the multimillionaire's name has not been...
...demonstrators will also protest against President Carter for letting Ian Smith, prime minister of Rhodesia, into the U.S., Rothschild added...