Tag: Diane McWhorter

  • Nation & World

    The dream, 50 years later

    Thousands will join President Obama at the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and celebrate a powerful moment in the Civil Rights Movement. The commemoration stirs not only potent memories of that day, but for some with Harvard ties, mixed emotions about the march’s lasting legacy.

    4–7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A freedom fighter looks back

    Andrew Young — minister, activist, politician, and diplomat — reflected during a Harvard appearance on the battles of the American civil rights era, and on the economic problems that remain.

    8–12 minutes
  • Arts & Culture

    Back to Birmingham

    Historian Diane McWhorter, a Harvard fellow, finds a surprising nexus between the racial segregation of Birmingham, Ala., in the early 1960s and some of the attitudes of the Third Reich.

    3–4 minutes
  • Arts & Culture

    From V-2 rocket to moon landing

    A new book explores the connections among World War II scientists, the V-2 missile, and the U.S. race to the moon, led by German émigré Wernher von Braun.

    2–4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Radcliffe welcomes 2011-12 fellows

    The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study has selected 51 fellows for the 2011-12 year.

    3–4 minutes