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Tag: Tomiko Brown-Nagin
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Nation & World
Finding right mix on campus speech policies
Legal, political scholars discuss balancing personal safety, constitutional rights, academic freedom amid roiling protests, cultural shifts
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How they remember ‘Tree’
Those who knew civil rights scholar, legendary public defender, and voice for equality recall his kindness, generosity, and homemade sweet-potato pie.
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Unyielding belief in possibility of delivering healthcare for global poor
Co-founder of Partners In Health honored for her work delivering healthcare to global poor.
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Here’s a radical suggestion: Stop simplifying Black women
Sociologist, columnist, and University of North Carolina professor, Tressie McMillan Cottom explores complexities of race, class, politics (and problem with TikTok) at Radcliffe talk.
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Enshrine an affirmative right to vote
Amendment would demonstrate ‘absolute commitment’ to full participation in U.S. democracy, argues Tomiko Brown-Nagin
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Saying their names
Scholars involved in Legacy of Slavery Initiative discuss findings, remind that each of enslaved was “real person … with dreams, with pain.”
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A global beacon on climate change
Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability casts off with University-wide, interdisciplinary approach to begin finding real solutions to existential crisis .
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The quote machine
Powered by Harvard conversations, an ever-expanding collection of arguments, insights, reactions, and reflections.
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Because past is not even past
Harvard Radcliffe Institute dean details importance of Legacy of Slavery project.
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Time of ‘democracy in crisis’
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund leader urges steps to rescue democracy.
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One lie leads to another until we tell the truth
Harvard Radcliffe Institute held a daylong conference, “Telling the Truth About All This: Reckoning with Slavery and Its Legacies at Harvard and Beyond,” on Friday.
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Dual message of slavery probe: Harvard’s ties inseparable from rise, and now University must act
University leadership accepts recommendations of report with $100 million pledge.
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Revealing webs of inequities rooted in slavery, woven over centuries
Harvard vows long-term commitment to improve lives, futures of descendant communities through research, education, service.
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Anita Hill on ending gender harassment and violence
At a Harvard Radcliffe Institute talk, Anita Hill discussed her new book, which is part memoir and part legal and cultural analysis.
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Charting the path of a ‘Civil Rights Queen’
In her new book, Radcliffe Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin explores the life of Civil Rights leader Constance Baker Motley.
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Rescuing MLK and his Children’s Crusade
A book by Radcliffe Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin traces Martin Luther King’s desperation and the savvy legal tactics of Constance Baker Motley.
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Melinda French Gates receives Radcliffe Medal
The trailblazing work of Melinda French Gates, a philanthropist, advocate for the rights of women and girls, and fighter for gender equity, was the focus of Radcliffe Day.
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A poem for Venus
In her poem “The Story of Venus,” Suzannah Omonuk imagines what life may have been like for the young enslaved woman living on campus in the 18th century.
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Who is this museum for?
During a Harvard panel, experts discuss how displays and artifacts reflect choices about whose story is told, and how and why.
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Solving racial disparities in policing
Experts say approach must be comprehensive as roots are embedded in culture
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An unflinching look at racism as America’s caste system
Kicking off a monthly series designed to harness “the power of storytelling,” was Pulitzer Prize-winner Isabel Wilkerson, author of “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.”
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Making higher education anti-racist
Antiracist scholar Ibram X. Kendi took part in the online discussion about antiracism in higher education.
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After a hard election, the real work begins
Harvard University scholars, analysts, and affiliates take a look at what the election tells us about the prospects for greater unity and progress, and offer suggestions and predictions about where the new administration will, and should, go.
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Hard lessons from a tough election
The Gazette asked scholars and analysts across the University to reflect on lessons learned in the 2020 election.
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Initiative on legacy of slavery at Harvard picks up steam
Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery is a new research effort that will drive scholarship and dialogue around the history and enduring legacy of slavery at the University.
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Exploring the North’s long history of slavery, scientific racism
“The Enduring Legacy of Slavery and Racism in the North” examined the role of slavery in the North through the 19th century and the influence of Agassiz and scientific racism.
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How caffeine changed the world
The seductive powers, dark history, health benefits, and harmful side effects of the world’s most-used drug, are included in Michael Pollan’s new audiobook, “Caffeine: How Coffee and Tea Created the Modern World.”
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The long march for suffrage
Radcliffe dean and library director shed light on some of the historical issues framing the “Long 19th Amendment Project.”
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Police reform in the spotlight
A panel of experts explores the history of policing in the U.S., and meaningful reform.
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A reading list on issues of race
Harvard faculty offer recommendations of books on race everyone should read.
