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How Teju Cole’s new novel literally reframes the Black experience

The Los Angeles Times 17 Oct 2023
Like Cole, he teaches at Harvard and was born in Nigeria ... Venus, Bilhah, Titus, and Juba, two women and two men.” He cannot open his mail without a frequent reminder that there are those who would remove him from his job. “It’s not the first time.
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‘A Call to Action’: Four Takeaways from Harvard President Claudine Gay’s Inaugural Address

The Harvard Crimson 03 Oct 2023
... own historic presidency, briefly referencing four enslaved people — Titus, Venus, Bilhah, and Juba — who lived and worked in Wadsworth House “as the personal property of the president of Harvard.”.
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In Inaugural Address, Harvard President Claudine Gay Urges Affiliates to ‘Be Courageous Together’

The Harvard Crimson 30 Sep 2023
why, why not, why here, and why now? ... Gay acknowledged Harvard’s legacy of slavery, naming four enslaved people — Titus, Venus, Bilhah, and Juba — who lived and worked as “personal property” of the Harvard president ... By Frank S. Zhou ... “Why?” ... .
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Harvard reparations plan reminds us of the role of universities in Black enslavement

The Grio 06 May 2022
These individuals had names such as Cicely, Titus, Venus, Violet, Juba, Dorcas, Guinea, Pompey, Hope and Bilhah, while others were known as “The Moor,” “The Spaniard,” “unnamed Negro boy,” “Young ...
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