Blacks at Harvard: A Documentary History of African-American Experience At Harvard and Radcliffe

NOTE ON THE TEXTS

NOTE ON THE TEXTS The original place s of publication of the selections appear in the section below. I n many cases the editors have compared the documents to variant printed version s o r origina l manuscrip t sources . Som e passage s wer e omitted, usuall y t o avoi d duplication i n thi s volume. Som e error s were silently correcte d o r note d i n bracket s [ ]. Excep t fo r th e Malcol m X sketch, the short biographical introductions to the selections were drafted by Caldwell Titcomb, who also assembled the readings. Th e editors wish to thank Beth Pinsker, who helped t o research, prepare, and proofread thi s volume; Lauren Gwin who provided superb editorial and technical assistance and supervised the assembling of the index; Despina Gimbel for copyediting the manuscript and making many valuable suggestions; and Kay Shanahan for typing and designing the camera-ready copy of the text. W e are grateful to Robert Kiely for awarding the project a grant from the Hyder E. Rollins Publication Fund at Harvard University to pay the permissions fees. Blacks at Harvard originated in a much shorter 198 6 collection titled Varieties of Black Experience at Harvard, a work underwritte n b y th e Presiden t an d Fellows of Harvard College for the university's 350th anniversary. ...