Harvard Details Its Ties to Slavery and Its Plans for Redress - The New York Times

The university is committing $100 million for an endowed “Legacy of Slavery Fund.” Its report carefully avoided treading on direct financial reparations for descendants of enslaved people.

Befitting a scholarly institution, Harvards 134-page report, which includes two appendices, is dense, detailed and even shocking, as the universitys president, Lawrence S. Bacow, said in an email ann… [+1419 chars]

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