Word: tutu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While Bok's view did come under indirect attack, he also won praise from Tutu for his efforts to bring Black South African students to study at Harvard. In addition, the bishop praised Harvard for awarding degree in 1979, a move which he said had enormous symbolic importance in his native country...
...Tutu attempted to meet both in the morning and in the afternoon, but their schedules and the brevity of Tutu's four-hour stay made a meeting impossible, officials said...
...Tutu, who has been appointed the Archbishop of Johannesberg, is spending the year as a visiting professor at the General Theological Seminary in New York City...
...Tutu's brief speech at Memorial Church was part of an hour-long service, which included prayer, singing by Harvard's Kuumba Singers, and remarks by S. Allen Counter, the director of the Foundation, and Peter S. Gomes, the minister of Memorial Church...
...Tutu told the audience that the actions of Americans to pressure the South African government "have not gone without notice" among Blacks in the country. "At least in this respect I do speak on behalf of millions who would wish to come here to express their thanks to you for your concern," he said...