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...national media spotlight focused on the tension between Summers and the Afro-American Studies department drew the Rev. Jesse Jackson to Cambridge Tuesday. Jackson held a press conference at St. Paul’s A.M.E Church in which he expressed his concern over what he said was Summers’ inadequate support for affirmative action...
...Jackson praised today’s statement...
...That certainly is a positive statement, and it is hopeful because...[Summers] is building bridges where there has been some fracture,” Jackson said in an interview with The Crimson...
...Jackson said he would also like to see Summers meet with West to personally smooth over the tensions between the two men, and he would like to see Summers meet with department head and DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. to further discuss the issue of “academic freedom and freedom of association...
...Jackson also called for Harvard to host a national conference on its campus on affirmative action and issues related to diversity in education...