1968 50th Reunion
Coretta Scott King at Class Day
On June 12, 1968, Coretta Scott King addressed a campus disillusioned by the draft and a spate of political violence.
Harvard’s Home for the 'Living Artist'
The committee released a report on the state of the visual arts at Harvard, and urged the University to “reëxamine its relation to the artist”—in particular, the artists on its campus.
Christina Schlesinger '68: An 'Original Bosslady'
Schlesinger’s art, known for its unapologetic depictions of sexuality with painting collections titled “Dildos” and “Lesbian Sex,” is nothing like what she painted during her time at Radcliffe.
Revisiting the 'Four Demands,' Fifty Years Later
“Do you mourn Martin Luther King?” the advertisement read. “Harvard can do this.”
The Radcliffe Housing Hunger Strike of 1967
The students, in their five-day hunger strike, were protesting the right to live off-campus.
Linda J. Greenhouse ’68: ‘A Largely Exemplary Life’
Greenhouse says that acclimating to and excelling in The Crimson’s male-dominated newsroom was “a toughening exercise.”
Harry, Marlyn, and Harvard: A 50-Year Marriage
Harvard has undergone decades of change—and Lewis and McGrath have been around to see it. Both have stayed in Cambridge and, in many ways, become campus institutions.