Word: laborer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...statement accused Harvard of "racist and discriminatory hiring practices" and said that as an American institution Harvard has been built "on foundations of forced black labor." It said the only legitimate purpose of blacks on this campus is "to study and push for the liberation of all African peoples...
...demonstrators were demanding that Harvard promote workers now classified as "painters' helpers" to "painters," and that 20 per cent of the labor force on University construction sites be "blacks or third-world" workers...
Three radical groups-the Cambridge Peace and Freedom Party, the Progressive Labor Party and Boston-area SDS-will participate in the demonstration under the auspices of the GE Solidarity Committee...
...number of construction hands don't appear, it won't be the University's fault. On the other hand, if the workers do appear but are not all expert craftsmen. Harvard can stand the short term expense of lengthening the time of construction and paving slightly more for its labor. The reward in terms of training minority group workers will more than compensate for this loss to the Harvard treasury...
...disciplinary proceedings arise "from the actions of demonstrators who were demanding that 20 per cent of the labor force on University construction sites be blacks or third world" workers, and that Harvard promote workers now classified as "painters helpers" to "painters...