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Why I’m going to keep teaching the truth about racism in America
April 3, 2024
Black History Month, which gets underway this week, is a chance to give Americans the timely reminder that you can’t teach our history honestly without understanding Black struggle and triumph.
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Reporting on DEI in higher education: 5 key takeaways from our webinar
Three researchers offered journalists tips and insights to help strengthen news coverage of college DEI efforts and legislators’ push to restrict or ban them.
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Five books and a podcast on sports, patriotism, and racial justice
This reading list from the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project explores the intersection of sports and racial justice, in the lead-up to their panel on March 19.
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The State of Black America
During a searching discussion at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) on the “State of Black America,” historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad opened with a trenchant warning: “We are facing uncharted waters.”
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The fight against antisemitism at Harvard shouldn’t come at the expense of DEI
In her latest op-ed in CNN, IARA Research Projects Director Erica Jacqueline Licht responds to current challenges of campus initiatives on racial equity. She reaffirms that her Jewish identity is not in conflict […]
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Harvard professor says there is a ‘political war over the teaching of the past’
In a time filled with challenges to diversity and academic freedom, Black educators find themselves at the forefront of a battle for educational integrity. “We have entered into an entirely […]
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Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad speaks at 54th Annual MLK Memorial Breakfast
In this keynote, Professor Muhammad responds candidly and courageously to this moment in time, weaving together historical evidence and personal testimony to make sense of institutional racism in U.S. universities today.