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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Isaac is suing Harvard for racial discrimination, alleging that the University refused him tenure because of his desire to teach African culture, language and history. He now heads the Institute of Semitic Studies in Princeton...

Author: By Adriane Y. Stewart, | Title: Black Speakers Compare U.S, S. African Racism | 12/4/1986 | See Source »

...teach-in" was sponsored by Harvard Educators for Justice in South Africa, the Black Students Association and The South African Solidarity Committee...

Author: By Adriane Y. Stewart, | Title: Black Speakers Compare U.S, S. African Racism | 12/4/1986 | See Source »

Jerry Doolittle has never been exactly the Harvard type. His grades in high school weren't very good, he boasts about his poor attitude, and he was kicked out of prep school. But Harvard wanted him to teach freshmen anyway...

Author: By Teresa L. Johnson, | Title: The Doolittle Who Does Lots | 12/4/1986 | See Source »

Doolittle, 53, says that he never planned to teach students how to write--in fact, he says he "hadn't seen the inside of a classroom between 1953 and last year." But three of his five sons went to Harvard--Timothy '84, Ted '86, and Matthew '90--and when Ted was a sophomore, he told his dad that he enrolled in a writing course taught by an actual writer...

Author: By Teresa L. Johnson, | Title: The Doolittle Who Does Lots | 12/4/1986 | See Source »

Doolittle decided that it would be interesting to teach, and he applied to Expository Writing and began teaching last year. Currently, he works at Harvard for half the year, and spends the rest of his time writing screenplays and poems. "I have no realistic expectation of making money out of these things," he says...

Author: By Teresa L. Johnson, | Title: The Doolittle Who Does Lots | 12/4/1986 | See Source »

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