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...labels me as different from everyone else.” University spokesmen have also declined to comment on Campbell’s status, citing policy not to comment on any disciplinary action involving individual students. Smith hails from the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, where she attended Frederick Douglass Academy in 2005. Smith could not be reached for comment yesterday. —Staff writer Lauren D. Kiel can be reached at lkiel@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Laura G. Mirviss can be reached at lmirviss@fas.harvard.edu...
...acquiesced only after World War I, when the holiday was expanded beyond honoring fallen Civil War soldiers to recognizing Americans who died fighting in all wars. It was also renamed Memorial Day. Some critics say that by making the holiday more inclusive, however, the original focus - on, as Frederick Douglass put it, the moral clash between "slavery and freedom, barbarism and civilization" - has been lost. Most Southern states still recognize Confederate Memorial Day as an official holiday, and many celebrate it on the June birthday of Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy. But Texas, for one, observes the holiday...
...activists will wage fruitless campaigns. They’ll pass out flyers and wear ribbons and march on the Yard, but to no avail. And they will likely ignore these words of caution, as they are convinced of the righteousness of their causes. Many protestors like to quote Frederick Douglass, who once said that those who want freedom without agitation “want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.” But point out that these protests don’t make so much as a splash, and campus activists seem content in responding...
Haven delivered an acceptance speech focused on the imperative to serve, citing examples from Mother Theresa and Frederick Douglass...
...filming out on Long Island, and couldn’t make it up for the event. So instead, the students patiently absorbed Haven’s words of worldly wisdom concerning positive action (yada yada), marveled at his erudite quotations from sources as varied as Mother Teresa and Frederick Douglass, and eagerly clung to the hope that the star couple would make a delayed appearance. They didn...