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 [Jesse Jackson supports Derrick Bell] Original Airdate: 5/9/1990 Length: 00:03:52 Item Type: newstape - edited story master Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Meg Vaillancourt reports that Jesse Jackson (African American political leader) visited Harvard Law School to join student protests over the school's minority hiring practices. Vaillancourt notes that Jackson supports Derrick Bell (Professor, Harvard Law School), who has announced that he will leave his post to protest the school's poor affirmative action record. Vaillancourt reports that there are only five tenured female professors and three tenured African American male professors out of sixty-one tenured professors at the school. Vaillancourt's report includes footage of Jackson addressing students at the school. Jackson shakes hands with Bell and condemns the school's affirmative action record. Vaillancourt notes that the school administration has refused Jackson's offer to act as a mediator on the issue. Vaillancourt reports that Jackson accused Harvard Law School of institutional racism and sexism. She adds that Robert Clark (Dean, Harvard Law School) issued a statement defending the school's hiring practices. Vaillancourt's report features footage of Bell at a student demonstration at Harvard Law School in April 1990 and footage of Jackson at a student demonstration. This tape includes additional footage of Jackson addressing demonstrators at Harvard Law School. Contributor : Reporter Meg Vaillancourt
Subject : Keywords Affirmative action programs African American politicians Universities and colleges Subject : Personal Names Bell, Derrick Clark, Robert Jackson, Jesse Vaillancourt, Meg Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Harvard University Subject : Geographic Locations Cambridge (Mass.) Type : Genre News - Television |
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