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...Over the past quarter century, the flash point for this tension has been an obscure federal law known as the Solomon Amendment, the brainchild of a conservative New York congressman who was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. And it’s no surprise why: the central purpose of the Solomon Amendment was to increase the role of the military on college campuses...
...When originally drafted, the amendment denied federal funding to students who did not register for the draft. Even in the subsequent changes to the law, the Solomon Amendment has retained its essential character: telling universities that they must choose between allowing a greater presence for the military on their campuses or forgoing some form of federal funding...
...first full year the Solomon Amendment was operational, both the draft registration—which had been ordered by President Carter because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan—and the presence of ROTC on campus were major issues, though they mainly affected a core of socially-active students, who themselves found a sympathetic ear within the administration...
...John D. Solomon ’85, who covered the controversy for The Crimson, said that while the Solomon Amendment was an issue on campus, it wasn’t the biggest area of contention with regard to the military at Harvard because it did not affect many students...
...Song of Solomon should be required reading for all African-American boys. How did you know what is in our heads? -Ira Levi, Tulsa, Okla.That was a leap for me. I really wanted to do that book, about the education of a middle-class black man, about his ancestry, and I couldn't. And then my father died, and it was earthshaking for me. I remember saying to myself, I wonder what my father knew about these men? And I have to tell you, I felt access. I knew I could get there if I thought about...