Harvard University Details its Ties to Slavery and Promises a Reckoning
Ask students: What are some of Harvard’s ties to slavery? What are some of the actions Harvard has proposed to address past history with slavery?
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June 2, 2022
Ask students: What are some of Harvard’s ties to slavery? What are some of the actions Harvard has proposed to address past history with slavery?
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America’s oldest institution of higher education, Harvard University, is beginning to come to terms with its own history and role in slavery. The school is out with a new report detailing its extensive entanglement and legacy. Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss.
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Republished with permission from PBS NewsHour Classroom.