Infighting and Pressure From Above: Inside Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative

In 2022, Harvard earmarked $100 Million dollars for an initiative focused on making amends for Harvard’s ties to slavery. Now, that same initiative has faced infighting, a series of resignations, and allegations of attempts to limit the project’s scope. So how exactly did we get here? This week on Newstalk, inside Harvard's Legacy of Slavery Initiative.

Newstalk is co-hosted and co-produced by Yael S. Goldstein and Frank S. Zhou.

Creators & Guests

Host

Yael S. Goldstein

Host, Newstalk Season II at The Harvard Crimson

Guest

Annabel Yu

Cultural Institutions & Administration Reporter for @thecrimson | @harvard '27 | [e-mail]

Guest

Neil Shah

Faculty of Arts and Sciences Administration reporter, The Harvard Crimson (Formerly: Harvard Law School Reporter, The Harvard Crimson)

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