Race
Gathering Discusses Mental Health Issues Facing Minorities
Students, alumni, and mental health professionals gathered to discuss the unique mental health struggles that can affect minority students in a “lunch and learn” session on Saturday afternoon.
Consulting Firms Reach Out to Minority Students
Students from diverse backgrounds gathered at the Faculty Club for the ninth annual Diversity Recruitment Consulting Conference hosted by the student group Aspiring Minority Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs.
NYU Professor Discusses Black Lives Matter, Mizzou
Nicholas Mirzoeff spoke about how an increase in internet access and higher populations in urban areas have changed the outlook and methods of modern social movements.
Students Weigh In on Protests at Yale and Mizzou
In the wake of student demonstrations against racism at Yale and the University of Missouri at Columbia, dozens of Harvard undergraduates have weighed in both on social media and in person.
Ta-Nehisi Coates Talks Race Relations at JFK Forum
Ta-Nehisi Coates, a national correspondent for The Atlantic, discussed African American heritage and contemporary race issues at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on Wednesday.
Minow Champions Affirmative Action in Amici Brief
Counsel for Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow and Yale Law School Dean Robert C. Post ’69 filed the brief last week. Harvard also submitted an amicus brief in the Fisher case offering a similar pro-affirmative action argument.
Group Continues Push To Intervene in Admissions Lawsuit
Lawyers representing a pro-affirmative action group of current and prospective Harvard students argued against the court’s rejection of the group’s motion to intervene in an ongoing lawsuit against the College last week.
Hutchins Center Showcases ‘Black Chronicles’ Photo Exhibit
“Black Chronicles II,” as the exhibition is called, is the continuation of a similar project looking to address the absence of cultural diversity in the Victorian historical narrative.
Gates To Establish Genealogy Summer Camp With Grant
University professor Henry Louis Gates’s love of the subject led him to establish a genealogy and genetics summer camp for middle school children.
Black Lives Matter March Calls for Reforms
Harvard students joined activists from Black Lives Matter in Cambridge as they marched down Massachusetts Avenue on Sunday, rallying for affordable housing protection and wage reform.
At Harvard Law School, Students Call for Change of Seal
A new student movement at Harvard Law School is organizing to change the seal at the school, which the students argue represents and endorses a slaveholding legacy.
Student Portraits Confront Perceptions of Race
A Harvard undergraduate created an exhibit featuring portraits of 58 students from the college in order to confront perceptions of multiracial identity on campus.
Tiq Milan on Transgender in America
Human rights advocate and LGBTQ activist Tiq Milan speaks with Director of BGLTQ Student Life Van Bailey and Harvard College Women’s Center administrative fellow Vincent T. Harris on masculinity and other issues faced by trans people of color. The talk was organized by the FAS Office of Diversity Relations and Communications and the Office of BGLTQ Student Life.
Sanzone Exits Council Race After Racist Comments Revelations
John Sanzone, a Cambridge City Council candidate, has decided to end his campaign following revelations this week that he previously posted racist and homophobic comments on a white supremacy website.
Months In, Some Students Still Skeptical of Admissions Lawsuit
Alex J. Pong ’16, a Chinese American student who is a president of Harvard’s Asian American Association, said the lawsuit represents another attack on affirmative action, “just using a different lens this time.”
NYC Health Commissioner Talks Racial Inequalities in Health
The commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene argued that public health professionals have an important role to play in addressing systemic racial inequality.
Admissions Lawsuit Stalled, Harvard Disputes Discovery Period
In two proposals filed Friday, Harvard and the lawsuit’s plaintiffs found little common ground regarding the type and extent of investigation that should be allowed during the interim discovery period.
Photo Gallery Highlights Multiracial Student Experiences
The exhibit features more than 50 models who identify as multiracial, each of whom posed for a portrait and answered a series of questions displayed in a written transcript.
Black Students Share Experiences Through Photo Campaign
Several black Harvard students shared what being black meant to them in a single word for a new photo and video campaign.
Hutchins Center
W.E.B. DuBois’s face greets me as soon as I step off the elevator and into the Hutchins Center. His mural on the wall is my first indication of the work that happens here, and I’m instantly aware that I’m stepping into a very special space. The W.E.B. DuBois Research Institute is the “anchor” of the Hutchins Center, according to Executive Director Abby Wolf, and DuBois’s perceptive and trailblazing spirit lives on in the aims of this place.
Students Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day
As the University took an official holiday on Monday for Columbus Day, Harvard affiliates and local residents gathered in Harvard Yard to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Harvard Foundation Interns Critique Event Honoring Nikki Haley
Interns with the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations questioned whether South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley deserved recognition for advancing racial justice.
Rahsaan D. Hall
Rahsaan D. Hall, Director of the Racial Justice Program of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, participated in a conversation on a wide array of topics, including the ongoing case involving Harvard’s affirmative action policies and voter identification laws.
Civil Rights Lawyer Defends Use of Race in Harvard Admissions
Speaking to an audience of about a dozen students, Rahsaan Hall maintained that Harvard’s holistic admissions processes were in compliance with legal precedent.
Discussions with Rahsaan D. Hall
Rahsaan D. Hall, Director of the Racial Justice Program of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, participated in a conversation on a wide array of topics, including the ongoing case involving Harvard’s affirmative action policies and voter identification laws.