The Last Negroes at Harvard | Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard Update

Free Renty tells the story of her efforts to force Harvard University to surrender possession of a daguerreotypes of her great-great-great grandfather, an enslaved man named Renty.
This past Thursday the Massachusetts Surpeme Court ruled that Tamara Lanier COULD sue Harvard for EMOTIONAL DISTRESS over its possession of photographs that depict her enslaved ancestors.
But, the Court justices affirmed a lower court’s DISMISSAL of Lanier's property claims to the photographs.

What is The Last Negroes at Harvard ?

The podcast is about being Black in America for 80 years... as seen through the eyes of The Last Negroes at Harvard. There were 18 of us. We were in the Class of 1963. Before we leave the planet, we have a lot to say and people we want to talk to.