Race
Flyby Presents: The Gen Ed Course Trailer Awards
In honor of the Academy, we at Flyby have created awards to recognize this semester's best course trailers. Check out these videos while you’re procrastinating packing those suitcases.
Campus Reacts To Inflammatory Flyers
Students in all nine River Houses received sealed invitations under their doors early Friday morning professing to come from “Harvard’s Newest Final Club”—with the inflammatory statements that “Jews need not apply” and “Coloreds OK.”
Researchers Present Findings on Online Criminal Record Websites
Two Harvard researchers charged that a website which catalogs mug shots and criminal records, asking defendants for a fee to remove their images from their databases, engages in racial profiling in its advertising—just before the founder of a different criminal records website made his first public appearance.
Alexander Keyssar, Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy, reflects on the historical context of the current presidential campaign. Keyssar was one of five panel members who spoke in the History department's round-table presentation "Law, History, and the 2012 Election" yesterday.
Ken Mack (right), professor at Harvard Law School, discusses the current presidential campaign's focus on government's involvement in the economy. He and Elizabeth Hinton (left), a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Michigan Society of Fellows, were two of five panel members to speak in the History department's round-table presentation, "Law, History, and the 2012 Election."
Ed School Affiliates Argue for University of Texas
For Philip Lee, a doctoral student at Harvard Graduate School of Education, the idea that his views are important is a current that runs through his work. “I want to show people that student voice matters,” Lee said.
Students Express Outrage at Blog Post
Students reacted to an offensive blog post on The Harvard Voice's blog on Saturday, which stereotyped five types of people someone might encounter at a pre-interview reception.
Harvard Voice Blog Edits the Record on Racist Snark
It's recruiting season, and that means suits, resumes—and racism?
Panel Discusses Depression
African-Americans are less likely to develop major depression than White Americans, but those that do are likely to have more severe symptoms, said Harvard School of Public Health professor David R. Williams in a discussion on American and international health disparities this Thursday.
Attorney Speaks On Harvard Amicus Brief
An attorney Harvard retained to defend affirmative action in higher education outlined the dramatic stakes of the United States Supreme Court’s upcoming decision in a Thursday conference call.
Valiendo la Pena: Latino Students and the Struggle for Space
Harvard was missing something. Surrounded by peers at the annual Latino Ivy League Conference in Ithaca last November, Daniel J. Artiga ’15 came to this realization: As students active in the Latino community described the resources provided on their respective campuses, he had little to add.
Director Discusses "The Prep School Negro"
At a screening of the documentary “The Prep School Negro” on Wednesday night, students, faculty members, and the film’s director Andre Robert Lee discussed the questions of race, class, and the ivory tower.
The Prep School Negro
"The Prep School Negro" screening this Wednesday evening at Emerson Hall draws a large turn-out. Strong emotions and roaring laughter have filled the room during the movie, and the discussion followed.
1940 Harvardians Offered Frank Ranking of College Women
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Legal Troubles Cleared for the Man Named Lamont
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Historic Campaign Buttons, Hippies, and More
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Student Civil Rights Activist Arrested and Beaten by Police, 1964
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.