News about Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery

With his recent research, Anthony Abraham Jack paints a bigger picture of the doubly disadvantaged—students who are low income and from schools in underserved communities. Photo by Tony Rinaldo

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"Working … to Give People Back Their Stories"

Student Spotlight: Nicole Yapp JD ’23

Spencer Jourdain gazes at photo portrait of his father, Edwin Bush Jourdain Jr. hanging in Winthrop House at Harvard University.

How Student Led Protests to Open College Dorms to Black Freshmen

Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center

HBCU Library Alliance and Harvard Team Up to Expand Access to Black History

Legacies of Slavery: From the Institutional to the Personal

COVID and Campus Closures: The Legacies of Slavery Persist in Higher Ed

An unfinished, dirt-floored basement with cardboard boxes and several ladders scattered about. At the center, a curved brick structure that contains a tomb.

Here Lies Darby Vassall

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Harvard Appoints Richard Cellini to Lead Legacy of Slavery Remembrance Program

Tracy K. Smith sits smiling atop a conference table, legs crossed.