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The Harvard community of 1977 has changed, and Harvard, in effect, has changed communities. Harvard Stephens this fall moved off-campus to Roxbury, where he plays a leading role in the work of the city-wide Coalition for Justice and Equality, a community group that works with the families of...
Stephens at times finds his relations with younger students somewhat unreal. He belongs, essentially, to a different social and political generation from most current undergraduates. In the spring of 1968, when King was assassinated, Detroit exploded in rage, and Stephens was preparing to enter Harvard as a freshman, today's...
As for the future, Stephens says he is uncertain about his plans after graduation, though most likely they include a continuation of his commitment to the people of Roxbury. As for the final year at Harvard, Stephens says "in the time off, I grew a lot and the University changed...
Finally, last spring, Stephens, 25 years of age, settled back into a suite in Quincy House and resumed his concentration in Afro-American studies.
Stephens's return to Harvard has provided him with a unique perspective on Harvard. He recalls one event, early in the spring semester last year, which he says set the tone for his later perception of changes in Harvard students: at the end of the first lecture in James Q...