Tag: James Madison

  • Nation & World

    Dealing with legacy of slavery must include voices of descendants

    The Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Memorialization Committee hosted the first of a series of programs to explore the role descendants of enslaved people play in helping institutions reckon with the history of slavery in the present.

    4 minutes
    Panelists at the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Memorialization Committee event.
  • Nation & World

    All hail partisan politics

    Using the case-study method, Harvard Business School historian David Moss examines pivotal moments in American history where disagreement and conflict reshaped our democracy for the better.

    13 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Gates wins Madison Freedom Award

    Henry Louis Gates Jr., the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, was presented the 2009 Madison Freedom Award at The Madison Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 16.

    2 minutes