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Introducing: A Legacy Revealed
“A Legacy Revealed” is a podcast that dives into the roles that slavery and discrimination have played in shaping Harvard University over its 400 year-long history. Ho...
1. The Beginning of Harvard
Cash-strapped in the 1700s, Harvard served as the first institutional bank in New England, handing out loans in a society that was heavily entwined with the Caribbean ...
2. An Enigma Wrapped Inside of a Riddle
In recent years, Harvard has faced increased pressure from activist groups to divest from the prison industrial complex. These calls come from the small percentage of ...
3. Tip of the Ice Age
Louis Agassiz was a professor at Harvard University in the 19th century. He originally became famous for his work proving ice ages existed. But when he arrived to teac...
4. I Could See Family In His Eyes
When Louis Agassiz was a professor at Harvard promoting the theory of polygenism, he commissioned a North Carolina daguerreotypist to take pictures of enslaved, Africa...
5. A Knife to Carve a Turkey
In the early 20th century, Harvard boasted one of the highest undergraduate enrollment numbers of any university in the U.S. and England. This all changed after an inf...
6. Our Work is Never Complete
In the final episode of A Legacy Revealed we delve into the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard lawsuit, which seeks to end race-conscious admissions at Harvard. T...