Last Negroes at Harvard: The Class of 1963 and the 18 Young Men Who Changed Harvard Forever

Title: Last Negroes at Harvard: The Class of 1963 and the 18 Young Men Who Changed Harvard Forever Author: Kent Garrett ISBN: 9781328879974 Publisher: Mariner Books Published: 2020 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. R 1641708 Publisher Description: The untold story of the Harvard class of '63, whose Black students fought to create their own identities on the cusp between integration and affirmative action. In the fall of 1959, Harvard recruited an unprecedented eighteen "Negro" boys as an early form of affirmative action. Four years later they would graduate as African Americans. Some fifty years later, one of these trailblazing Harvard grads, Kent Garrett, would begin to reconnect with his classmates and explore