Word: theorchestra
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Dates: during 1992-1992
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Bank of Boston CelebritySeries--presents Frans Brueggen and theOrchestra of the 18th Century. Friday, March 13, 8p.m. Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave., Boston...
...tweedy poets like T.S. Eliot, John Ashbery and Seamus Heaney. But the scene on Feb. 6 was dramatically different. At 8 p.m., Jeffries, his flowing white robes and black and gold hat, ascended the stairs from backstage to loud cheers from many Blackstudents, several of whom were seated in theorchestra section. The rest of the audience,mainly white, sat in a scornful U around theorchestra, occasionally hissing at Jeffries.Outside, in the cold, 450 students protestedJeffries' presence. For the first time in a longwhile, the Harvard campus had witnessed scene ofcomplete division and segregation along raciallines...
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